>The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government’s subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR). The uprising lasted 12 days before being crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on November 4, 1956. Thousands were killed and wounded and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country.
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>By 21:30 on 3 November, the Soviet Army had completely encircled Budapest.
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>At 03:00 on 4 November, Soviet tanks penetrated Budapest along the Pest side of the Danube in two thrusts: one up the Soroksári road from the south and the other down the Váci road from the north. Thus, before a single shot was fired, the Soviets had effectively split the city into two, controlled all bridgeheads and were shielded to the rear by the wide Danube River. Armoured units crossed into Buda and, at 04:25, fired the first shots at the army barracks on Budaörsi Road. Soon, Soviet artillery and tank fire were heard in all of the districts of Budapest. Operation Whirlwind combined air strikes, artillery, and the co-ordinated tank–infantry action of 17 divisions. The Soviet army deployed T-34-85 medium tanks as well as the new T-54s, heavy IS-3 tanks, 152mm ISU-152 mobile assault guns and open-top BTR-152 armored personnel carriers.
>The term “tankie” was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.
russia being russia. And now they have their own Reddit:
It has happened because of the lack of anti-tank weapons at the moment.
This also partly gave birth to the term “Tankie”, when members of the British Communist Party publicly defended the Soviets using tanks to suppress the Hungarians (along with the defense of the Soviet actions during the Prague Spring a decade later)
Just Russia being Russia.
“We give you the wonders of Russian communism and if you don’t like it, we kill you”.
And now the Hungarians have welcomed Russia back.
What ever happened to moral and brave Hungarians!?
As for 1956, or 1968 in Prague, so it is now: Russia as Soviet Union is afraid of having neighbourg countries aspiring to be democratic and liberal, ejoying their freedoms, because they could influence Russian people.
Let this be a remider that USSR was a authoritarian regime that didn’t care for the people of eastern europe!
Uprising? Don’t you mean terrorist attacks?
I’m surprised Orban isn’t commemorating it in Moscow.
This would of course never have happened, if the population had semi-automatic rifles and handguns /s
Russia rolling tanks into another country. Never.i don’t believe it.
And yet, Hungarians overwhelmingly support political party and leader that favors Russia over Europe.
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[Hungarian Revolution of 1956:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956)
>The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government’s subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR). The uprising lasted 12 days before being crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on November 4, 1956. Thousands were killed and wounded and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country.
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>By 21:30 on 3 November, the Soviet Army had completely encircled Budapest.
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>At 03:00 on 4 November, Soviet tanks penetrated Budapest along the Pest side of the Danube in two thrusts: one up the Soroksári road from the south and the other down the Váci road from the north. Thus, before a single shot was fired, the Soviets had effectively split the city into two, controlled all bridgeheads and were shielded to the rear by the wide Danube River. Armoured units crossed into Buda and, at 04:25, fired the first shots at the army barracks on Budaörsi Road. Soon, Soviet artillery and tank fire were heard in all of the districts of Budapest. Operation Whirlwind combined air strikes, artillery, and the co-ordinated tank–infantry action of 17 divisions. The Soviet army deployed T-34-85 medium tanks as well as the new T-54s, heavy IS-3 tanks, 152mm ISU-152 mobile assault guns and open-top BTR-152 armored personnel carriers.
Considering inevitable discussions about modern day Hungry’s attitudes in this context, I’d like to mention how last year on this day Mr Orban even [failed to call the Russians by name](https://twitter.com/PM_ViktorOrban/status/1588575732548001794), only saying that “they crushed our revolution”. And you probably remember his recent comments [comparing the Soviet occupation to the EU membership.](https://apnews.com/article/hungary-orban-compares-eu-to-soviet-union-da27ae5e15df87712422a567ceac7e9b)
Also, this is probably the day the term [tankie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie) was born:
>The term “tankie” was originally used by dissident Marxist–Leninists to describe members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who followed the party line of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Specifically, it was used to distinguish party members who spoke out in defense of the Soviet use of tanks to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the 1968 Prague Spring uprising, or who more broadly adhered to pro-Soviet positions.
russia being russia. And now they have their own Reddit:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineRussiaReport/)
It has happened because of the lack of anti-tank weapons at the moment.
This also partly gave birth to the term “Tankie”, when members of the British Communist Party publicly defended the Soviets using tanks to suppress the Hungarians (along with the defense of the Soviet actions during the Prague Spring a decade later)
Just Russia being Russia.
“We give you the wonders of Russian communism and if you don’t like it, we kill you”.
And now the Hungarians have welcomed Russia back.
What ever happened to moral and brave Hungarians!?
As for 1956, or 1968 in Prague, so it is now: Russia as Soviet Union is afraid of having neighbourg countries aspiring to be democratic and liberal, ejoying their freedoms, because they could influence Russian people.
Let this be a remider that USSR was a authoritarian regime that didn’t care for the people of eastern europe!
Uprising? Don’t you mean terrorist attacks?
I’m surprised Orban isn’t commemorating it in Moscow.
This would of course never have happened, if the population had semi-automatic rifles and handguns /s
Russia rolling tanks into another country. Never.i don’t believe it.
And yet, Hungarians overwhelmingly support political party and leader that favors Russia over Europe.