1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1956_Soviet_intervention_in_Hungary
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties approximately 2,500 Hungarians killed
approximately 700 Soviet troops killed
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Ivan_Konev
gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkbp:date 1956-11-04
gptkbp:followedBy consolidation of communist rule in Hungary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary
gptkbp:internationalResponse condemnation by Western countries
limited UN action
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international attention
gptkbp:notableVictim Imre Nagy (executed 1958)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Hungarian_Revolutionaries
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkbp:refugees about 200,000 Hungarians fled
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
gptkb:Operation_Whirlwind
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Budapest
gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkb:Imre_Nagy
gptkbp:result Reinstatement of pro-Soviet government
Suppression of the Hungarian Revolution
gptkbp:significance major Cold War event
demonstrated Soviet control over Eastern Bloc
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:People's_Republic_of_Hungary_(1949–1989)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6