1956 Revolution

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf revolutionary
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkbp:casualties approximately 2,500 Hungarians killed
approximately 700 Soviet troops killed
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:October_23_(Hungary_National_Holiday)
annual ceremonies
memorials in Hungary
statues and plaques
gptkbp:country gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:emigrants about 200,000 Hungarians fled
gptkbp:endDate 1956-11-10
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Kádár_regime
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1956 Revolution
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Solidarity_movement_in_Poland
gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc_dissidents
later anti-Soviet movements
gptkbp:inspiredBy demand for freedom of speech
student demonstrations
demand for free elections
desire for political reform
opposition to Soviet control
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Imre_Nagy
gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkbp:location gptkb:Budapest
gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international attention
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Corvin_Passage
gptkb:Hungarian_Radio_siege
Declaration of neutrality by Hungary
Imre Nagy executed in 1958
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Ernő_Gerő
gptkb:Imre_Nagy
gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkb:Pál_Maléter
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Hungarian_People's_Republic
Hungarian revolutionaries
gptkbp:precededBy Stalinist policies in Hungary
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe
gptkbp:result Soviet military victory
Suppression of revolution
Repression of Hungarian citizens
gptkbp:significance influenced Cold War politics
led to mass emigration from Hungary
major anti-Soviet uprising
gptkbp:startDate 1956-10-23
gptkbp:suppressedBy gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hungarian_National_Day
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7