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level: hungary

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level questions: hungary

QuestionAnswer
Who was tthe harsh leader of Hungary?Rakosi
Who did Rakosi loose power to?Imre Nagy, communist but not a Stalinist. (this was after Stalin's death)
When did Stalin die?1953
What happened in 1955 with power struggle?Rakosi remained general secretary and in the end Rakosi managed to remove Nagy from power and become PM
What was the famous secret speech and who did this worry ?Made by Khruschev, said that Stalin was a bad mistake and this makes the eastern european leaders scared bc they were very harsh
When has the secret speech made?Feb 1956
What do the students do for poland?Demonstration to show their support for Poland
When was Rakosi removed?July 1956
Who was Rakosi replaced by in 1956?Erno Gero, Stalinist
What was Gero unable to control?Protests from High school students to corrrect the the rights of teh 1949 purges
What happened on the 6th of october 1956?State funeral for Rajk, 20,000 go on the street in demonstration to protest about the control from Moscow
What happened on October 23th?Students tore down the statue of Stalin
Why was the situation dcritical after the statue?Police couldn't restore order because Hungarian soldiers were part of the protest and the red army surrounded Budapest
What happens with Khruschev and Nagy?Wants Nagy to be PM for peace, reforms are passed
What does Nagy promise?Free elections , demotractic elections and removal of politcal prisoners from prison
Why were the protesters not silence by Nagy's promised?Encouraged by Radio free europe, telling them to strike and that the west will come to help
What does Nagy do on the 1st of Nov?annonces that he will leave the warsaw pact and asks the UN to help them
What happens on the 4th of nov?Too far for Khrushcev 200,000 soliders and 4,000 tanks sent
How long was the fighting?A week
How many USSR soliders died?700
How mnay Hungrian deaths?3,000 - 30,000
What happens in 1958?Nagy is executed along with this collegues, given a state funeral later in 1989
Why did the west not help?Distracted with the suez crisis