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Where did Lajos Kossuth flee after the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution?
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Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth, lithograph, 1849.
Following the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution in 1849, Lajos Kossuth resigned his position as governor and took refuge in Turkey.1
He was subsequently interned for two years in Kütahya, located in Anatolia, before traveling to England and the United States to seek support for the Hungarian cause. He eventually settled in London and later spent his final years living in Turin, where he died in 1894.2