Communism & After · event 2 of 9

23 October 1956

The uprising. Students march to Parliament; a crowd cuts the Stalin statue off at the ankles. Imre Nagy declares neutrality. Soviet armour returns on 4 November and crushes it. Around 2,500 die and 200,000 leave the country.

The Communism & After era

  1. 1949
  2. 23 October 1956
  3. 1958
  4. 1968
  5. 16 June 1989
  6. September 1989
  7. 23 October 1989
  8. 2004
  9. 2014

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