Hungary

• Reasons Hungarians wanted to challenge communist control

  • Politics
  • Social and religious repression
  • Economics
• Hungarians wanted to challenge Communist control
• Death of Stalin, 1953

  Nagy and his reforms, 1956
• Nagy became Prime Minister and started introducing reforms


  Hungarian people resented Rákosi's rule
• Khrushchev became leader of the USSR


  Students in Budapest pulled down statue of Stalin
• When did students in Budapest pull down the statue of Stalin


  23rd October 1956
• Khrushchev did support the removal of Erno Gero and the formation of a new government under the leadership of the well-respected Imre Nagy
• The Hungarian people challenged communist control in 1956 because they wanted to improve their quality of life and believed that changes in the USSR's leadership meant their complaints would be listened to
• Hungarians had lived under Mátyás Rákosi's repressive, communist regime which limited their freedom and caused many to live in poverty
• By 1955, Khrushchev was the leader of the USSR and his policy of 'de-Stalinisation' made Hungarians believe that he would be more willing to listen to their calls for reform
• The Hungarians challenged communist control in 1956 because they wanted to improve their living standards and gain more freedom
• Hungarian people resented Rákosi's rule


  1947-1956
• Khrushchev became leader of the USSR


  1955
• Students in Budapest pulled down statue of Stalin

  23rd October 1956
• Nagy became Prime Minister and started introducing reforms


  October 1956
• Hungarian Uprising


  Significant event that occurred in Hungary in 1956
• USSR's response to the Hungarian Uprising


  Crushed the uprising with violence
• USA and its allies' response to the Hungarian Uprising

  Condemned the USSR but took no direct action
• Kádár


  Leader installed by the USSR after the Hungarian Uprising was crushed
• Significance of the Hungarian Uprising

  • 20,000 killed, 200,000 refugees
  • Revealed limits of de-Stalinisation
  • Discouraged other Eastern European countries from resisting Communist rule and increased Soviet control
  • Increased distrust and tension between the superpowers
• The Hungarian Uprising was significant because it led to the deaths of as many as 20,000 Hungarians
• The Hungarian Uprising was significant because it revealed that Khrushchev's 'de-Stalinisation' programme was limited
• The Hungarian Uprising was significant because it discouraged other Eastern European countries from resisting Communist rule and increased Soviet control
• The Hungarian Uprising was significant because it resulted in increasing distrust and tension between the superpowers
• In November 1956, Khrushchev had ruthlessly crushed the Hungarian Uprising