The Hungarian Uprising

• Zero/ nothing

  Total amount of American aid given to the Hungarians despite promises via Radio Free Europe.
• Radio Free Europe

  A radio station set up by the USA which broadcast democratic principles and ideals to people living behind the Iron Curtain. It encouraged the people of Hungary to rise up against the USSR and promised American support.
• Leader of the USA during the Hungarian uprising

  Eisenhower
• Khrushcehv


  Leader of the USSR after Stalin who wanted to make communism less strict and have peaceful coexistence with the west.
• Hungarians casualties during the uprising

  20,000
• Number of tanks entering Hungary

  6000
• Number of soldiers entering Hungary

  200,000
• How does Khrushchev respond to Nagy's reforms, specifically his plan to take Hungary out of the Warsaw Pact?

  Sends in the Red Army, November 1956
• COMECON (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance)


  USSR's recovery plan for Eastern Europe after World War II which involved financial aid to Eastern Europe, but also saw the USSR control the economies of the Satellite states.
• Results of Khrushchev's secret speech

  - DESTALINISATION

  -encouraged the satellite states to try to weaken soviet influence. The Hungarians will turn against their hard-line leader, Rakosi, and try to implement change under a new leader called Nagy.
• Khrushchev's Secret Speech 1956


  -promised an end to hard-line communism throughout the Soviet sphere of influence

  -proposed peaceful coexistence with the west

  -promised to be less strict than Stalin
• Why did Hungarians not like Comecon?

  -As a result of Comecon, Hungarian coal, oil and wheat were shipped back to the Soviet union, so hungarians suffered from a lack of food, and poor wages
• What happened to Nagy?


  He was executed in 1958 for treason.
• Who did Khrushchev put in charge of Hungary after he had crushed Nagy's reforms.

  Janos Kadar in November 1956 - he was a more loyal communist.
• Why did Khrushchev not like Nagy's reforms?

  They threaten the rule of communism in Hungary.
• What were Nagy's reforms?

  -end of one party rule

  -free elections

  -release political prisoners

  -complete evacuation of soviet troops from Hungary

  -Hungary should withdraw from the warsaw pact and become neutral

  -Hungary should ask the UN for protection from the USSR
• Why was Rakosi removed from power?

  Khrushchev did not like communist leaders who were too hard-line.
• When was Rakosi leader of Hungary

  1949-56
• Who was Rakosi replaced with?

  Imre Nagy

  
• Who was Matyas Rakosi (6)

  -Ruthless leader of Hungary until 1956

  -Described himself as 'Stalin's best pupil'

  -Hungarians gave him the nickname 'the bald butcher'

  -Developed Salami tactics

  -Imprisoned 387,000

  -was responsible for more than 2,000 deaths
• Reasons for the Hungarian Uprising (5)

  -censorship, no freedom of expression

  -the Hungarian Catholic Church was persecuted, and most Hungarians were strongly Christian

  -the Hungarian secret police (AVO) used fear and torture

  -Hungarians hated the presence of the Soviet troops in their country

  -Soviet control of education meant that Hungarian children were missing out on their culture, tradition and history

  -resented Comecon and how this organisation was run for the economic benefit of the USSR
• When was the Hungarian Uprising?

  October-November 1956

  
• When did Stalin die?

  March 5th 1953