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Hungarian Revolution of 1956; Part of the Cold War: From top to bottom, left to right: The rebels flag · Speaker addresses to a crowd from an abandoned Soviet tank · Caricature of Mátyás Rákosi with suitcases going to the Soviet border · Search for Stalinist era mass graves and underground party bunkers · Hungarian Patriot, Time Magazine Man of the Year · Severed Stalin's head of a ...
The Revolutionary Workers'-Peasants' Government of Hungary (Hungarian: magyar Forradalmi Munkás-Paraszt Kormány), or the First Kádár government (első Kádár-kormány), was formed during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 with Soviet support with the aim of replacing the Imre Nagy government.
Listed below are some significant events in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which began on October 23, 1956, and was brutally crushed by Soviet forces in November.. On October 22 - one day before the Revolution - Technical University students established the "Association of Hungarian University and College Students" (MEFESZ), expressed their famous 16 claims and organized a rally to the ...
(1) The national holidays of Hungary shall be: a) the 15th day of March, in memory of the 1848–49 Revolution and War of Independence, b) the 20th day of August, in memory of the state's founding and its founder King Saint Stephen, c) the 23rd day of October, in memory of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence.
15 March – Revolution Day; 18 April – Good Friday; 21 April – Easter Monday; 1 May – International Workers' Day; 9 June – Whit Monday; 20 August – State Foundation Day; 23 October – 1956 Revolution Memorial Day; 1 November – All Saints' Day; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
24 October 1956 1 year, 189 days Hegedüs MDP (44) Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term: 24 October 1956 31 October 1956 11 days I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP: 31 October 1956 3 November 1956 MSZMP: 3 November 1956 4 November 1956 [d]
The Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 coat of arms cut out of it. This became the symbol of the uprising in 1956. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 began on 23 October as a peaceful demonstration of students in Budapest. The students protested for the implementation of several demands including an end to Soviet occupation.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956 in Budapest. 1956 12 January – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes, killing two and injuring 38 others. [43] 23 October–4 November – The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 breaks out, crushed by the invasion of a large Soviet force. Népszabadság newspaper headquartered in city. [44] 1959