There were also often shortages of food and fuel in Hungary in 1956. July 1956 The USSR orders Hungarian Prime Minister Matyas Rakosi to be replaced by Erno Gero, known for his hardline views.

The Warsaw Pact meant that the USSR controlled Hungarian foreign policy. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, made a ‘Secret Speech’ in February 1956 which criticised the previous Soviet ...

Dignitaries take part in a national day event commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 at the Ambassador hotel in ...

Forgotten Faces is an early amateur film made by the director Peter Watkins recreating the Hungarian Revolution from the point of view of a small… The Hungarian Revolt of 1956 - Peter Pallai An ...

Hello and welcome back to This Week in History! What a week it is, being the last before the dreadful finals week finally arrives and the semester ends. It’s a time of change and hard work, but ...

But despite their eventual defeat, the Hungarian rebels of 1956 inflicted what would come to be known as "the first tear" in the Iron Curtain. Today, the exact locations of many of the most iconic ...

Journalist John Lorinc talks about his memoir, "No Jews Live Here," tracing the roots of his Hungarian Jewish family.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the celebrations of the 68th anniversary of the 1956 revolution, in Budapest, Hungary on Oct 23. [Photo/Agencies] BUDAPEST ...