Hungarian Revolution of 1956

GPTKB entity

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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
desire for national independence
opposition to Soviet-imposed policies
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:1956_Memorial_in_Budapest
gptkb:October_23
gptkb:House_of_Terror_Museum
gptkbp:endDate 1956-11-10
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hungarian Revolution of 1956
gptkbp:influenced later anti-Soviet movements
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkb:Ernő_Gerő
gptkb:Imre_Nagy
gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkbp:location gptkb:Budapest
gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international attention
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Corvin_Passage
gptkb:storming_of_the_Hungarian_Radio
Soviet military intervention
execution of Imre Nagy
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:1953_East_German_uprising
gptkb:Polish_October
gptkb:Solidarity_movement
gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
Suppression of revolution
gptkbp:significance inspired global sympathy
major event in Hungarian history
symbol of resistance to Soviet control
gptkbp:startDate 1956-10-23
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc_countries
gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4