Hungarian Uprising

When did Stalin die?

March 1953

When did Khrushchev come to power?

1955

Where did Khruschev visit and what did he do?

Yugoslavia and apologised for Stalins actions

What did Khruschev do at Geneva?

Met with western leaders in 1st time in over a decade

Khruschev's Secret Speech

denounced Stalins policies
and wanted peaceful co-existence without capitalist nations

What other actions did Khruschev take in 'de-stalinisation'?

-broke up cominform
-spoke of different roads of socialism

How did Western promises contribute to the Hungarian Uprising?

Hungarians believed help would come from UN or Eisenhower

How did poverty contribute to the Hungarian Uprising?

Hungary was poor yet much of the goods/foods was sent by the USSR

How did help from Yugoslavia contribute to the Hungarian Uprising?

Ràkosi asked for permission to arrest 400 'troublemakers'. Yugoslavia convinced Khruschev to replace him

How did Nationalism contribute to the Hungarian Uprising?

Hungarians were very patriotic and hated soviet control

How did the Catholic Chruch contribute to the Hungarian Uprising?

banned and cardinal Jószef Mindszenty, the leader, in prison

How did oppression lead to the Hungarian Uprising?

secret police
censorship
control of education

What happened in June 1956?

In June 1956, the Hungarian people began to protest against Rákosi's regime, and Moscow replaced him with Ernő Gerő

What happened on October 23rd 1956

students took to the streets and were supported by the workers and the Hungarian army.

What happened on 24th of October 1956?

Imre Nagy, a moderate communist was named as leader

What happened on October 25th 1956?

Soviet tanks opened fire killing 12 and wounding 100+
-Nagy forced to resign but reinstated the same day

What happened on October 30th 1956?

Nagy released political prisoners, the most famous being cardinal mindszenty

What did Nagy do on the 1st of November?

Nagy announced free elections and withdrawal from Warsaw Pact and Hungarian neutrality

What happened on 4th of November?

200,000 soviet troops and 6000 ranks crossed border

What did the troops do?

Quickly captured airports,bridges and key road junctions

When did the Hungarian Uprising end?

ceasefire on 10th of November but fighting until 1957

How many Hungarians fled the country?

200,000

What did Nagy say regarding the ceasefire

this is not a counter revolution. this is a fight for freedom