1956 Hungarian Revolution

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
revolutionary
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkb:1956_Budapest_Uprising
gptkb:Hungarian_Uprising_of_1956
gptkbp:casualties approximately 2,500 Hungarians killed
approximately 700 Soviet troops killed
gptkbp:cause Desire for political reform
Opposition to Soviet control
Political repression
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:October_23_(Hungary_National_Holiday)
gptkbp:endDate 1956-11-10
gptkbp:followedBy Repression and political purges
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1956 Hungarian Revolution
gptkbp:legacy Influenced later anti-Soviet movements
Symbol of resistance against oppression
gptkbp:location gptkb:Budapest
gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international attention
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Budapest
Declaration of neutrality by Hungary
Execution of Imre Nagy
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Ernő_Gerő
gptkb:Imre_Nagy
gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkb:Pál_Maléter
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Hungarian_People's_Republic
gptkbp:precededBy Stalinist policies in Hungary
gptkbp:refugees approximately 200,000
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkb:Hungarian_diaspora
Refugee crisis
gptkbp:result Soviet military victory
Suppression of revolution
gptkbp:startDate 1956-10-23
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Budapest
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4