hungarian uprising

• Who was the Hard lined leader of Hungary prior to 1953?

  Matyas Rakosi
• What did Rakosi refuse to do which angered people?

  Rakosi refused to Destalinise which meant:

  
  

  -No Freedom of speech.

  -No Freedom of religion.

  -No democracy.

  -Use of the Secret Speech.
• Stalin died in 1953, what was the effect of this?

  Khrushchev was his replacement and was seen as more moderate. This gave the impression that some reform may take place.
• What was the secret speech?

  A February 25, 1956 speech where Khrushchev denounced Stalin
• Who replaced Rakosi?


  Imre Nagy
• What reforms did Nagy introduce?

  -Free speech.

  -Democracy.

  -Freedom of religion.

  -Attempted to leave the Warsaw Pact.
• What reform by Nagy was seen as going to far and led to Khrushchev responding?

  His attempt to leave the Warsaw pact.
• How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary?

  200,000
• How many Hungarians were killed during the uprising?

  20,000.
• During Nagy's reforms the people of Hungary believed that full freedoms would be granted, what did they do to Stalin's statue?


  Toppled it.
• How may Soviets troops were killed during the uprising?

  7000
• What were the consequences of the Hungarian uprising on reputations?

  -Khrushchev demonstrated that he was capable of being just as brutal as Stalin, this hardened the relationship between East and West.

  -the USA did not intervene, this demonstrated that they would not interfere with the Soviet Sphere of influence.