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23 Oct 04:00am

Filed under: Communism, Hungary, Open Thread

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Fact: today in 1956 thousands of Hungarians took to the streets demanding an end to Soviet rule. Communist forces had taken control of Hungary in 1946. The Soviet army led a brutal retaliation to the uprising that resulted in 2,500 deaths and a further 200,000 people being forced into exile. They maintained their influence in Hungary until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989.

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