[AnnieC]

Hi I am revising for my history mocks and i have no idea what the hungarian uprising was.
Can someone please help me?
Thanks Annie x

[Mr Field]

It's important you know about the Hungarian Uprising. This was shortly after Khruschev came to power and was a test of how the new leader of the USSR would react. He had stated how he felt Stalin had kept too tight a control of the countries in Eastern Europe.

Hungary thus tried to take control of their own country. Imre Nagy was appointed PM and announced that Hungary would be withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact. This went too far for Khruschev who eventually ordered the Red Army to take control of Budapest. They did this in brutal fashion.

The USA had promised support for any country standing up to Communism, but did nothing to help.

An excellent summary of the events can be found here: http://www.historyle...ungary_1956.htm

What I would suggest is talking to your teacher though - if you haven't been taught about this, it may be that it isn't covered in your current work - perhaps you are to cover this in the future instead.

[fizzytink]

i am having an end of year test this friday about what we have learnt in the cold war so far. while revising i came acros the exam question "what are teh key events of teh hungarian uprising" or close to that question. but i am very confused. please could you help me. the exam question is in a superpower relation text book. i would realy appreciate if you could offer me help as i am realy struggling.
there were three major points to write about which confused me:-
- Activities of Nagy october/November 1956
- Activities pf Rebels
- Soviet reaction

Please could you help me? i would be very grateful! thank you

[Mr Wright]

Try looking at this website Post again if you need further help.

[fizzytink]

Thankyou very much. I read through that website and it helped me alot. Ive written a bit about it would t be ok if i showed you on this?

Thanks agen!!!

[MrJohnDClare]

fizzytink, on Jan 18 2007, 07:33 PM, said:

written a bit about it would t be ok if i showed you on this?

We tend to discourage this, fizzytink, because it amounts to 'too much help' - especially with coursework.
Why not show it to your teacher and ask them what they think before you finish it and hand it in

[fizzytink]

thats ok! ive talked to my teacher and there were a few issues, but he sat down with me at lunch and helped me with what i am struggling on!! thankyo very much!!!

[Thích Quảng Đức]

fizzytink, on Jan 19 2007, 07:43 PM, said:

thats ok! ive talked to my teacher and there were a few issues, but he sat down with me at lunch and helped me with what i am struggling on!! thankyo very much!!!

Good for you Fizzytink - Sitting down with your teacher during your own time is a good thing to do, but it's difficult to give up your own time and also to be brave enough to ask for extra help - a lot of people in my school wouldn't dream of telling a teacher they didn't understand, they just wouldn't bother making an extra effort to get a better grasp of something difficult.

[MrJohnDClare]

For facts about the Revolution, try http://www.johndclar.../cold_war14.htm as a staring point, then follow the links.

For an argument, why not try the obvious one:
Were the actions of the Soviet Union in Hungary in 1956 evil?

Then three sections:
1. saying yes it was oppression and murder (backed up by arguments and facts)
2. saying no, it was understandable self-protection (backed up by arguments and facts)
3. weighing the ideas and coming up with a synthesis/conclusion