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:October_23
gptkbp:displacedPeople about 200,000 Hungarians fled
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:Imre_Nagy
gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkb:Ernő_Gerő
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mainLocation gptkb:Budapest
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international attention
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:House_of_Terror_Museum
gptkb:1956_Memorial_in_Budapest
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Corvin_Passage
gptkb:storming_of_the_Hungarian_Radio
Soviet military intervention
execution of Imre Nagy
gptkbp:opposingForce gptkb:Hungarian_People's_Republic
gptkb:Soviet_Union
Hungarian revolutionaries
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cold_War
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Prague_Spring
gptkb:Solidarity_movement
gptkb:1953_East_German_uprising
gptkb:Polish_October
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:Hungary
gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkb:Eastern_Bloc_countries
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4