Soviet Control In Hungary

Question 1

After Stalin died what did Soviet leader Krushchev indicated

Answer 1

Soviet control would relax

Question 2

Impact of soviet rule

Answer 2

Hungary suffered a lot under Stalin control
Food and industrial supplies shipped off to Russia
Any opp in Hungary ruthlessly wiped out
Communist rule became unpopular

Question 3

Explain destalinisation

Answer 3

SU no longer saw itself as dictatorship
Khrushchev hunted Soviet control relax
Oct 1956 poor harvests meant Hungarians started acting against communism
Khrushchev appointed more liberal minister Imre Nagy hoping situation calm down
Hungarians believed end of Stalin= end control

Question 4

How was Nagy as prime minister

Answer 4

Wanted reforms
Leave Warsaw pact and become neutral country
Hold free elections leading to no more single party communist gov
UN protection from SU