Studied by 0 peopleWhen 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
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