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Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Most of Budapest Became Under Soviet Control

Thursday Nov 8, 1956
Budapest, Hungary

With most of Budapest under Soviet control by 8 November, Kádár became Prime Minister of the "Revolutionary Worker-Peasant Government" and General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party. Few Hungarians rejoined the reorganised Party, its leadership having been purged under the supervision of the Soviet Praesidium, led by Georgy Malenkov and Mikhail Suslov.


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