Hungarian Revolution (1956)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hungarian_Revolution_(1956)

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event revolutionary
gptkbp:casualties	about 2,500 Hungarians killed about 700 Soviet troops killed
gptkbp:cause	demand for political reform opposition to Soviet-imposed policies
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:October_23_(Hungary_National_Holiday)
gptkbp:endDate	1956-11-10
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hungarian Revolution (1956)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Hungarian_diaspora future anti-Soviet movements
gptkbp:internationalResponse	condemnation by Western countries limited direct intervention by the West
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev gptkb:Ernő_Gerő gptkb:Imre_Nagy gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Budapest gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive Western media attention
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:1956_Memorial_in_Budapest Statue Park (Memento Park)
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:storming_of_the_Hungarian_Radio Soviet military intervention formation of workers' councils execution of Imre Nagy (1958, after the revolution) declaration of neutrality by Hungary destruction of Stalin statue
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Hungarian_People's_Republic Hungarian revolutionaries
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:refugees	about 200,000 Hungarians fled
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Warsaw_Pact gptkb:Polish_October gptkb:Eastern_Bloc gptkb:Iron_Curtain gptkb:Prague_Spring gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:result	Soviet victory Suppression of revolution
gptkbp:startDate	1956-10-23
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Suppression_of_Hungarian_Revolution_(1956) gptkb:Eisenhower's_first_term gptkb:Soviet_Union_(after_1939)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8