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Imre Nagy

1896–1958 · 20th century

Imre Nagy was a Hungarian communist who as prime minister from 1953 to 1955 eased Stalinist repression before being ousted. During the revolution of October 1956 he returned to power, accepted a multi-party system and declared Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet forces crushed the revolution, and he was secretly tried and executed in 1958.

Imre Nagy
Image: ismeretlen szerző(Nagy Imre Emlékház tulajdona) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Hungarian People's Republic

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