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The Hungarian Uprising 1956
The Hungarian Uprising facts
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05/19/2009

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With what percentage of the vote did the Hungarian Workers' Party come to power in 1945?
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17%
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What did Rákosi say about his enemies?
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"I have cut them off like pieces of salami" - Rákosi
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How many people had Rákosi executed and imprisoned?
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2,000 executed; 10,000 imprisoned
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When did Stalin die?
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March 1953
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When was Rákosi replaced by Nagy?
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1953
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When was Rákosi replaced by Gerő?
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June 1956
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On what day did the Uprising begin?
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23rd October 1956
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To how many people did the crowd in Bem Square grow as it marched towards parliament?
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to 100,000 people
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When did Hungarian Security Police open fire on a crowd? How many people did they kill and wound?
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October 25th 1956; killed 12 and wounded 170
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When did Nagy come to power again during the uprising?
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October 25th 1956
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When did Nagy announce the release of political prisoners?
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October 30th 1956
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When did Nagy announce his intention to withdraw Hungary from the Warsaw Pact?
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1st November 1956
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How many tanks did the Soviet Union deploy into Hungary to crush the Uprising by force?
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6,000
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When did the Soviets send new troops into Hungary to crush the uprising?
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November 4th 1956
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When did Nagy announce the creation of a coalition government?
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November 3rd 1956
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When did workers and students call for a ceasefire to end the Uprising?
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November 10th 1956
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How many people (including Nagy himself) were estimated by the CIA to have been executed by Kádár's post-Uprising government?
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1,200
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What did the head of NATO, Paul Henri-Speake, call the Uprising?
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"The collective suicide of a people" - Paul Henri-Speake
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What did US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles say about the possibility of US intervention in Hungary?
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"We do not look upon these nations as potential military allies" - John Foster Dulles
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