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By West Laos, Stasia Taylor, Karma Lee-Mane and Vincent Brown
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Causes Stalin's death ( Power Struggle) Lavrenti Beria->Khrushchev
Eastern Europe Economic state and policies Divided Germany Secret police Oppression with education, jobs, and religion Destalination Hungarian Nationalism Worse Relations Worse Relations Sino-Soviet Polish Revolutions Khru sent troops The west ( United Nations)
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Description On October 23, 1956 students began demonstration
Departure of Soviet troops, civil rights, and leadership of Imre Nagy Imre Nagy became PM but supported communism Hungarians weren’t pacified Multi-part state, withdraw from Warsaw Pact, and eject all foreign forces November 1, Imre Nagy announced that Hungary would be Neutral Soviet troops began attacking Communist party became only legal party Nagy tried and executed
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Effects This was a bloody conflict with hungary having most of the casualties 20,000 Hungarian Deaths ,500 Soviet Deaths Hungary became under Soviet control again Khrushchev’s foreign policy started to become contradictory Peaceful Coexistence VS. Desire to Check the expansion of Capitalism US hypocrisy began to be questioned by other countries Containment not matching up with Eisenhower's promise of rollback
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Impact on Cold War Confirmed Soviet dominance over their satellite states Khrushchev changed foreign policy USSR was much weaker than was perceived U.S. promised not to get involved in Soviet sphere U.S. stayed committed to policy of containment Developing countries were not confident in U.S. support
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Fun Facts Hungary and the USSR played water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Hungary won 4-0 before the game was called off to avoid a riot. Elvis is a honorary citizen for bringing attention to the revolution. Peace in the Valley It is unlucky to clink your beer glasses. There are Hungarian name laws Sorry Ashton, Gray, Joe, Jorja, Jenelle and Kaitlyn
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What leader was at first communist, but then became democratic?
What was cold war policy that the US did not stick to during the uprising? What country did Imre Nagy get tried and executed in? What troops did Hungary want to remove? Who gave the Secret Speech? What international organization denied the Hungarians help? What alliance consisting of soviet satellites did Hungary want to leave? What country’s revolution emboldened the Hungarians? Questions
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Mocks got me like^
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When Rothkopf hears ‘collusion’ ^
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References Johnson, Zoe, “25 fascinating things you probably didn't know about Hungary”, The Telegraph, The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Hungarian Revolution” Britannica, NA, “25 Interesting Facts About Hungary”, Swedish Nomad,
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