The Hungarian Uprising
-First major uprising by a satellite state to remove soviet influence
-Hungarian leader Imre Nagy announced he was pulling out of the Warsaw pact
-Soviets entered the capital, Budapest with tanks and armed forces
-30,000 Hungarians killed 200,000 fled the country for the west
-Soviets installed a new leader Janos Kadar who agreed to follow the societ line (stayed for 20 years)
-People questioned why US did not help
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-Hungarian leader Imre Nagy announced he was pulling out of the Warsaw pact
-Soviets entered the capital, Budapest with tanks and armed forces
-30,000 Hungarians killed 200,000 fled the country for the west
-Soviets installed a new leader Janos Kadar who agreed to follow the societ line (stayed for 20 years)
-People questioned why US did not help
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summary
Hungary in 1956 seemed to sum up all that the Cold War stood for. The people of Hungary and the rest of Eastern Europe were ruled over with a rod of iron by Communist Russia and anybody who challenged the rule of Stalin and Russia paid the price. The death of Stalin in 1953 did not weaken the grip Moscow had on the people of Eastern Europe and Hungary, by challenging the rule of Moscow, paid such a price in 1956.