The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide uprising against the Soviet-backed government of Hungary that began on October 23, 1956, and lasted until November 10, 1956. It was a ...

Changes in the Soviet Union Life in Hungary before the uprising Causes of the uprising in Hungary in 1956 The events of the uprising and the USSR’s response The Hungarian leader, who had been in ...

Soviet troops eventually reentered Budapest and crushed the uprising. But despite their eventual defeat, the Hungarian rebels of 1956 inflicted what would come to be known as "the first tear" in ...

Dignitaries took part in a national day event commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 at the Ambassador Hotel in ...

Eventually, the regime began to disintegrate, leading to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution - a critical moment in the history of the Cold War. But why did this revolution occur in Hungary, rather than any ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is again highlighting what a dysfunctional family the 27 nations of the European Union ...

OCTOBER 23, 1956: The Hungarian Uprising began on this day in 1956 after hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demand an end to Soviet domination. The revolt, which was brutally crushed by Red ...

On the 68th anniversary of the outbreak of the Hungarian Uprising, flowers were laid under the plaques commemorating Péter Mansfeld and Romek Strzałkowski. On October 23, 1956, Hungarians took ...

"For us, the lesson of 1956 is that we must fight for only one thing, for Hungary and for Hungarian freedom," he added. The 1956 anti-Soviet uprising crushed by Moscow left about 3,000 people dead ...