Budapest 1956

Russian edition of Laszlo Gyurko's "1956" white book (1987), an hour-by-hour chronicle of the Hungarian Uprising of October-November 1956 against the Communist regime and its Soviet-imposed policies. On 4 November, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest and other regions of the country. The Hungarian resistance continued until 10 November. Over 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed in the conflict, and 200,000 Hungarians fled as refugees. Mass arrests and denunciations continued for months thereafter...