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A destroyed Russian tank and wrecked vehicles sit in a debris-strewn street between heavily damaged buildings at Francis Boulevard, Budapest, during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Imre Nagy stands at a microphone addressing a crowd from a balcony, with Ferenc Erdei on his right, during the 1956 Hungarian uprising in Budapest. A group of people stands behind the toppled head of a large statue of Joseph Stalin lying on the street in Budapest, with graffiti on the statue during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. A large crowd in Budapest surrounds a toppled statue base during the 1956 Hungarian uprising, with a man holding a rifle and another holding a flag standing atop the statue.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: History Ireland - Hungary 1956. Oct 19, 2026
Extensively revised and expanded. Aug 27, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Hindsight - A Glimpse of Freedom - The Hungarian Revolution. Jan 19, 2026
Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - Origins - Remembering '56: The Hungarian Revolution. Dec 10, 2025
Add new Web site: European Network Remembrance and Solidarity - The Hungarian Revolution 1956. Sep 26, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Operation Safe Haven: The Hungarian Refugee Crisis of 1956. Mar 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Czechoslovakia and the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 (PDF). Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Hoover Institution - 1956: Hungarian Revolution. Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Old Dominion University - The Hungarian Revolution. Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: La Salle University Digital Commons - Soviet Security and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. May 28, 2024
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Soviet Invasion of Hungary. Apr 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Freedom or Death: The Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Feb 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Hungarian Uprising. Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Remembering '56: The Hungarian Revolution. Jul 10, 2023
Add new Web site: The George Washington University - The National Security Archive - The 1956 Hungarian Revolution. May 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Wilson Center - Looking Back at the Cold War: 1956. Feb 24, 2023
Add new Web site: History Ireland - Hungary 1956. Dec 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Alpha History - The Hungarian uprising. Sep 07, 2022
Add new Web site: The History Learning Site - The Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Apr 09, 2018
Add new Web site: Mount Holyoke College - The Hungarian Revolution. Apr 09, 2018
Add new Web site: CNN World - Hungarian revolution, 60 years on: How I fled Soviet tanks in a hay cart. Apr 09, 2018
Media added. Jan 20, 2017
Added video of Hungarian Revolution. Feb 09, 2010
Video of Hungarian Revolution added. Sep 09, 2009
New article added. Mar 25, 2009
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