Hungary: protest and reform (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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What was de-Stalinisation?
What was de-Stalinisation?
Moving away from Stalin's brutal dictatorship methods
Stalin's successor who began de-Stalinisation
Stalin's successor who began de-Stalinisation
Nikita Khrushchev
Year of Hungarian uprising
Year of Hungarian uprising
1956
% of Hungary's population imprisoned under communism
% of Hungary's population imprisoned under communism
5%
Mátyás Rákosi's nickname
Mátyás Rákosi's nickname
The Bald Butcher
Khrushchev's 1956 speech hinting at liberalisation
Khrushchev's 1956 speech hinting at liberalisation
Secret speech
Month Hungarian protests began in 1956
Month Hungarian protests began in 1956
October
What sparked Hungarian protests in Oct 1956
What sparked Hungarian protests in Oct 1956
Poor harvests and bread shortages
Hungarian PM appointed in 1956 to calm unrest
Hungarian PM appointed in 1956 to calm unrest
Imre Nagy
Nagy's reform: Hungary's military alliance status
Nagy's reform: Hungary's military alliance status
Leave Warsaw Pact and become neutral
Nagy's reform: type of elections proposed
Nagy's reform: type of elections proposed
Free democratic elections
Year Stalin died
Year Stalin died
1953
What was the Warsaw Pact?
What was the Warsaw Pact?
Military alliance binding E. Europe to USSR
Why USSR feared Nagy's reforms succeeding
Why USSR feared Nagy's reforms succeeding
Other E. European countries would demand same freedoms