HISTORY Hungary, 62 years on from the anti-Soviet uprising*

Sixty-two years ago the Soviet Empire and Soviet Communism began to die. In one of its most ruthless victories were planted the seeds of its eventual defeat.
In late October 1956, after serious riots in Poland, the people of Hungary expelled Soviet occupation troops from the capital and set up a free regime under Imre Nagy. They overthrew a puppet regime wicked even by Communist standards.


Imre Nagy

It lasted 12 days, until the Soviet forces returned with thousan…

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