Hungarian Revolution of 1956

October 23 – November 10, 1956 · Budapest

Nationwide revolt against the Soviet-backed government. Imre Nagy announced Hungary's exit from the Warsaw Pact; Soviet tanks crushed the revolt and he was later executed.

On the map Contemporaries

Key people

Nikita Khrushchev First Secretary of the Communist Party, Ordered the invasion · Soviet Union

Yuri Andropov Soviet ambassador who urged intervention

Imre Nagy Prime Minister of Hungary, Led the revolutionary government; executed in 1958 · Hungarian revolutionaries

Participants

Hungary Hungarian revolutionaries
Soviet Union

Strength and losses

	Soviet Union	Total
Strength	31,550
Killed	722	c. 2,426
Wounded	1,540
Tanks	1,130

	Killed
Hungary	c. 926

Before and after

Followed from: Khrushchev's Secret Speech February 25, 1956

Related events 1 degree away • 2 degrees away

Khrushchev's Secret Speech

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Also involved 3

Gyula Horn participant
Georgy Zhukov participant · Soviet Union
Ivan Konev participant · Soviet Union