Soviet invasion of Hungary (1956)

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:event gptkb:military
gptkbp:casualties	approximately 700 Soviet troops killed thousands wounded approximately 2,500 Hungarian civilians killed
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Whirlwind
gptkbp:commanded	gptkb:Mikhail_Malinin gptkb:Ivan_Konev
gptkbp:endDate	1956-11-10
gptkbp:followedBy	consolidation of Soviet control in Hungary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet invasion of Hungary (1956)
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Hungarian_People's_Army gptkb:Hungarian_State_Security_Police_(ÁVH) gptkb:Red_Army
gptkbp:legacy	inspired later anti-Soviet movements commemorated annually in Hungary symbol of resistance against Soviet oppression
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hungary
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	widely reported in Western media
gptkbp:notableEvent	Imre Nagy sought asylum in Yugoslav Embassy mass arrests and executions followed
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 the country
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Budapest gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev gptkb:Warsaw_Pact gptkb:Hungarian_People's_Republic gptkb:Imre_Nagy gptkb:János_Kádár
gptkbp:response	condemnation by United Nations General Assembly
gptkbp:result	Reinstatement of pro-Soviet government Suppression of the Hungarian Revolution
gptkbp:significance	led to international condemnation of the Soviet Union demonstrated Soviet willingness to use force in Eastern Europe
gptkbp:startDate	1956-11-04
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Invasion_of_Hungary
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6