Book contents
- Before the Uprising
- Before the Uprising
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political System
- 2 Social and Economic Transformation
- 3 Terror
- 4 Communists Killing One Another
- 5 Education and Culture
- 6 Hungary and the Death of Stalin
- 7 The New Course
- 8 Counter-reforms
- 9 The Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 10 The Summer of 1956
- 11 Revolution in the Air
- 12 Twelve Days of Freedom
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - The Summer of 1956
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2022
Book contents
- Before the Uprising
- Before the Uprising
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Political System
- 2 Social and Economic Transformation
- 3 Terror
- 4 Communists Killing One Another
- 5 Education and Culture
- 6 Hungary and the Death of Stalin
- 7 The New Course
- 8 Counter-reforms
- 9 The Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 10 The Summer of 1956
- 11 Revolution in the Air
- 12 Twelve Days of Freedom
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter describes the disintegration of a totalitarian political order. Heterodox political views could be openly expressed. The Soviet leadership made an error of removing one political leader, Rákosi, but installing another, Gerő, who followed policies not very different from those of his predecessor.
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- Before the UprisingHungary under Communism, 1949–1956, pp. 204 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022