Soviet control in Hungary (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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Soviet control in Hungary
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Year Stalin died

1953

Soviet leader after Stalin

Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet military alliance in Eastern Europe

Warsaw Pact

Soviet fear about one state leaving

Domino effect - other states would follow, bloc collapses

Hungarian communist leader loyal to Stalin

Matyas Rakosi

Rakosi's two nicknames

'Stalin's best pupil' and 'the Bald Butcher'

Khrushchev's policy ending Stalin's harsh methods

Destalinisation

Year of Khrushchev's 'secret speech'

1956

Governing body of Soviet one-party state

Politburo

Moderate Prime Minister appointed by Khrushchev

Imre Nagy

Nagy's reform: Hungary's status in Warsaw Pact

Leave it and become neutral like Austria

Nagy's reform: type of elections planned

Free elections

Nagy's reform: international protection sought

UN protection

What protestors pulled down in Hungary 1956

Statues of Stalin

Soviet economic exploitation of Hungary

Food & industrial products shipped to Russia

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