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Soviet invasion of Hungary (1956)

On the Stalin’s Soviet Union map as “Budapest, 1956”

4 Nov 1956 — Soviet tanks crushed the Hungarian revolution, which the Secret Speech eight months earlier had helped to inspire. About 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet soldiers died. De-Stalinisation stopped at the bloc’s borders.

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Turning point
Chapter
Death of Stalin and de-Stalinisation (chapter 12 of Stalin’s Soviet Union)
Atlas
The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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TURNING POINT · THE SOVIET UNION UNDER STALIN, 1924–1953

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