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  • Budapest, Hungary
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956
    02:00:00 AM
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    The Soviet Tanks Entered Budapest

    Budapest, Hungary
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956
    02:00:00 AM

    By 02:00 on 24 October, acting in accordance with orders of Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet defense minister, Soviet tanks entered Budapest.




  • Moscow, Russian SFSR
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    The Politburo discussed The Political Upheavals In Poland and Hungary

    Moscow, Russian SFSR
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956

    On 24 October, the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (the Politburo) discussed the political upheavals in Poland and Hungary.




  • Budapest, Hungary
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Soviet Tanks were stationed outside the Parliament

    Budapest, Hungary
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956

    By noon, on 24 October, Soviet tanks were stationed outside the Parliament, and Soviet soldiers guarded key bridges and crossroads. Armed revolutionaries quickly set up barricades to defend Budapest, and were reported to have already captured some Soviet tanks by mid-morning.




  • Budapest, Hungary
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Imre Nagy Replaced András Hegedüs as Prime Minister

    Budapest, Hungary
    Wednesday Oct 24, 1956

    On 24 October, Imre Nagy replaced András Hegedüs as Prime Minister. On the radio, Nagy called for an end to violence and promised to initiate political reforms that had been shelved three years earlier. The population continued to arm itself as sporadic violence erupted.




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