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Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Rákosi was deposed as General Secretary of The Hungarian Working People's Party

Wednesday Jul 18, 1956
Hungary

After Khrushchev's "secret speech" of February 1956, which denounced Stalin and his protégés, Rákosi was deposed as General Secretary of the Party and replaced by Ernő Gerő on 18 July 1956.


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