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  Hungarian Soviet Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the political regime in Hungary from March 21, 1919 until the beginning of August of the same year, and it is the second Communist (or soviet) government in world history, after the one in Russia (1917).
The immediate cause of the formation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic was the failure of Count Mihály Károlyi's government of the re-born state of Hungary to reorganize the country's social and economic life on the shambles left over after the lost war and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A spurious Slovak Soviet Republic was proclaimed on June 16, in the southern and eastern Slovakia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hungarian_Soviet_Republic   (1349 words)

  
 Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Therefore, Hungarian politics and culture of the interwar period were saturated with irredentism and revisionism (the restoration of 19th century "greater Hungary" by whatever means necessary).
Hungarian sovereign debt was upgraded in 2000 to the second-highest rating among all the Central European transition economies.
Several large Hungarian minorities exist across the border in neighbouring countries, notably in Ukraine (in Transcarpathia), Slovakia, Romania (in Transylvania), Serbia (in Vojvodina) and a smaller ones in Austria (in Burgenland), Croatia and Slovenia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hungary   (2029 words)

  
 The Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919 The Forgotten Revolution
Hungarian society was characterised by its extreme backwardness, by semi-feudal relationships and the concentration of power in the hands of a small number of wealthy nobles.
An example of the feudal character of Hungarian law was that the Esterhazy family was to always possess 100,000 acres of land which would belong to the eldest son in perpetuity.
On 20th July, Clemenceau issued a further note, stating that the Hungarian government was "not competent to negotiate" and demanding the formation of a new government excluding the CP and composed of "responsible labour leaders." The SDP leaders eagerly accepted the demand, as was to be expected.
www.newyouth.com /archives/historicalanalysis/hungary/hungary_1919_forgotten_rev_19791112.asp   (10822 words)

  
 Hungarian Soviet Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After receiving the (that required more Hungarian territorial cessions), on March 20 Károlyi released Kun from prison and basically gave him control over the government, so that he would be the one forced to deal with the ultimatum.
Budapest was occupied by Romanian forces on August 6, putting an end to the Hungarian Revolution and the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Tokes, Rudolf Béla Kun and the Hungarian Soviet Republic : the origins and role of the Communist Party of Hungary in the revolutions of 1918-1919 New York : published for the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford, California, by F.A. Praeger, 1967.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Hungarian_Soviet_Republic   (1125 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hungary - Introduction | Hungarian Information Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Hungarian military was subordinated to the Soviet military, and the regime established a large secret police force, which answered to Moscow, not Budapest.
The Hungarian government took this action in response to public protests over the environmental damage caused by the project and in light of a recommendation by a panel of experts that the project be abandoned.
In response to these changes, the Hungarian government stated that accusations of Hungarian interference were unfounded, and that the source of the tragic events lay in the Romanian government's hesitancy to take resolute action to stem the rise of national chauvinism in Romania.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/hungary/hungary11.html   (9179 words)

  
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The new line of demarcation behind which the Hungarians were to withdraw was quite similar to the one assured to the Rumanians in the wartime treaty Of August 17, 1916.
Figaro took the view that the Hungarian revolution was sheer flmail, the Red spectre being the chosen weapon and Germany being the thinly disguised mastermind.
Hungarian revolution the "door to the heart of Europe was wide open to Bolshevism" and that instead of Wilsonian leniency towards the enemy the Conference should face up to the danger.
www.hungarian-history.hu /lib/maj/maj03.htm   (3794 words)

  
 Documents on the Hungarian Position re: the Conference on European Security, 29 November - 2 December 1954   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Hungarian government, being aware of the fact that the crucial condition for the development of the Hungarian People's Republic is the maintenance of peace and security in Europe, pays special attention and gives active support to all efforts and suggestions that serve the purpose of peace.
The lesson learnt from Hungarian history is that the German endeavors to seize power prevented the development of Hungarian national independence and of national culture for centuries and, at the latest, forced the country twice into destructive wars.
The government of the Hungarian People's Republic accepts the invitation of the government of the Soviet Union and is prepared to participate at the conference of European states to be held on 29 November in Paris or Moscow in order to support the common goal of European nations, peace by active participation.
www.isn.ethz.ch /php/documents/collection_13/docs/translations_1.htm   (1655 words)

  
 Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Zagreb
According to the Hungarian Constitution, the flag of Hungary is a red-white-green tricolor.
An Hungarian flag with the coat of arms only on the white stripe in a photo taken in the Pentecostal Festival in Csíksomlyó (part of Miercurea-Ciuc/Csíkszereda city) in 2001.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/hu.html   (2389 words)

  
 Hungarian Soviet Republic biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The immediate cause of the formation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic was the failure of Count Mihály Károlyi 's government of the re-born state of Hungary to reorganize the country's social and economic life on the shambles left over after the lost war and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
After his military victory over the Czechs, on June 8 American President Wilson demanded a halt to the Hungarian Red Army's advances and invited the Hungarian government to Paris to discuss Hungary's frontiers.
A spurious Soviet Republic of Slovakia was proclaimed on June 16, in the southern and eastern Slovak lands, centred on Kosice (Kassa).
hungarian-soviet-republic.biography.ms   (854 words)

  
 selling Hungarian militaria, badges, medals and insignia. WW1, WW2.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
War merit cross was awarded for combat actions, hence it may be regarded as Waffen-SS award; the Hungarian domestic army did not see much combat on its own during those years.
Hungarian national arms within laurel wreath to obverse.
It was the first Hungarian decoration/order after the restoration of the national government.
anm.50megs.com /anm/Hungary.html   (558 words)

  
 EUROPA - Enlargement : Candidate Country: Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Hungarian defences are overcome outside the town of Mohács, and Hungary is swept away by the invasion of the Turks.
Mátyás Szurös, provisional President of the Republic, proclaims the Republic of Hungary from the Parliament´s balcony on the anniversary of the 1956 revolution.
Hungarian citizens staying abroad at the time of the EP elections can vote at the Hungarian diplomatic missions; voting there is supervised by four member election committees.
europa.eu.int /comm/enlargement/hungary/print-index.htm   (10210 words)

  
 Hungarian Air Arms
Following defeat in the First World War, an independent Hungarian Republic was declared on 16 November 1918.
An attempted invasion of Slovakia to set up another Soviet Republic was followed by an abortive invasion of Transylvania in July 1919.
The Hungarian revolution was crushed by a Warsaw Pact invasion in November-December 1956.
www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/hung/hungaf1.htm   (355 words)

  
 The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
By then, the fighting had mostly ended, the Hungarian resistance had essentially been destroyed, and Kádár was entering the next phase of his strategy to neutralize dissent for the long term.
The defeat of the Hungarian revolution was one of the darkest moments of the Cold War.
It read: "[T]he Soviet Government is prepared to enter into the appropriate negotiations with the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and other members of the Warsaw Treaty on the question of the presence of Soviet troops on the territory of Hungary." To outside observers, the Kremlin statement came as a total surprise.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB76   (1825 words)

  
 CEU :: Central European University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Following the decision of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee, made at its February 2005 General Session, Central European University gained Hungarian accreditation.
CEU President and Rector, Yehuda Elkana was also appointed as a Professor and Rector of CEU within the Hungarian system by the President of the Hungarian Republic, Ferenc Mádl.
Hungarian media reported that at the brief ceremony, Minister Magyar noted that CEU was now both formally and legally included in the ranks of Hungarian higher education although in fact it had already, in terms of substance, been a part of this for a decade.
www.ceu.hu /news-event.jsp?nr=1324&content_type=1   (131 words)

  
 Hungary Hungarian Soviet Republic - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
The party was organized in a Moscow hotel on November 4, 1918, when a group of Hungarian prisoners of war and communist sympathizers formed a Central Committee and dispatched members to Hungary to recruit new members, propagate the party's ideas, and radicalize Karolyi's government.
Kun undertook these measures even though the Hungarian communists were relatively few, and the support they enjoyed was based far more on their program to restore Hungary's borders than on their revolutionary agenda.
Kun then unsuccessfully turned the Hungarian Red Army on the Romanians, who broke through Hungarian lines on July 30, occupied and looted Budapest, and ousted Kun's Soviet Republic on August 1, 1919.
workmall.com /wfb2001/hungary/hungary_history_hungarian_soviet_republic.html   (480 words)

  
 First World War.com - Who's Who - Alexander Wekerle
With Wekerle's half-hearted attempts at Hungarian reform predictably rejected by the Hungarian parliament towards the close of 1917 he instead turned his attention towards the separation of the Austrian and Hungarian armies, proposing nationalist command structures for each.
Despite this bold policy Wekerle nevertheless remained in favour of the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary, established in 1867 as the 'Compromise'.
Despite Wekerle's fall from power Hungarian nationalism continued unabated with the appointment of Count Karolyi as his successor.
www.firstworldwar.com /bio/wekerle.htm   (309 words)

  
 Embassy of the Hungarian Republic in Berlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Aluminium and glass facade designed in 1965 in the international style by Karl-Ernst Swora and Rainer Henslik in cooperation with the Hungarian architects Endre Koltai and László Kovácy represented many things, but not local traditions.
The Hungarian government applied for demolition in 1998.
Copyright : Embassy of the Hungarian Republic in Berlin
www.ungarische-botschaft.de /ang/neubau.html   (205 words)

  
 Symposium on 1,100 Years of Hungarian History To Be Held at Library of Congress November 15
The symposium, "Hungary on the Threshold of the 21st Century: 1,100 Years of Hungarian Culture," is sponsored by the European Division of the Library of Congress, the American Hungarian Educators' Association, and the Embassy of the Hungarian Republic.
Led by Arpad, whose descendants were the first to establish the Hungarian royal dynasty, the Hungarians were the only ones in a long line of conquerors to establish a lasting state in the area.
Among the topics to be discussed are the reemergence of an independent Hungarian state, Hungarian- American connections, and Hungarian contributions to American civilization.
www.loc.gov /today/pr/1996/96-159.html   (333 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Hungary 1956   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On the request of the Hungarian People's Government the Soviet Government consented to the entry into Budapest of the Soviet Army units to assist the Hungarian People's Army and the Hungarian authorities to establish order in the town.
At the same time, the Soviet Government is ready to enter into relevant negotiations with the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic and other participants of the Warsaw Treaty on the question of the presence of Soviet troops on the territory of Hungary.
This fight is the fight for freedom by the Hungarian people against the Russian intervention, and it is possible that I shall only be able to stay at my post for one or two hours.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1956hungary.html   (446 words)

  
 The FAME: Hungarian People's Republic, 1946 - 1956   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Inclusion of those symbols here does not mean that the author support or approve the ideas they may stand for.
People's Republic adopted the coat of arms in the soviet style in 1949 and it was set in the middle of the national tricolour.
The coat of arms constist of a blue field in which are crossed a hammer and corn ear surrounded with corn wreaths bond in base with tricolour ribbom and in top a red five-pointed star radiating yellow ray in the blue field.
jagor.srce.hr /fame/descr/hu-nepke.html   (158 words)

  
 2d. The Austro-Hungarian Empire [Beyond Books - Modern European History]
Soon afterwards Kossuth was elected president of the new Hungarian republic.
Although the revolution was crushed, Hungarian nationalist sentiment remained a persistent problem for the ruling Austrians.
Leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Lajos Kossuth was the first president of the new Hungarian Republic.
www.beyondbooks.com /eur12/2d.asp   (972 words)

  
 Address by Péter Wootsch secretary of state responsible for youth and sport affairs in the Prime Minister's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
One of the Hungarian youth researcher wrote an article some years ago and it had a very strange title: "The youngsters are the looser of the political and economical transition of Hungary".
In every fourth Hungarian family has deep problems with the partnership of the parents and they divorced in average 4 years.
We would like to co-operate with the representatives of the Hungarian youth as much as it possible because we have to build up the new structure with them for them, for our common future.
www.un.org /events/youth98/speeches/118hun.htm   (1832 words)

  
 Magyarország.hu - Countryinfo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The main explanation of that is the predominant role played by Budapest the capital of Hungary (and the natural centre of Central Hungary.
Besides the general data (history, economics, culture, tourism etc.) you find the ways, instructions to arrange personal matters and businesses related to Hungarian administration.
The territory of the country is smaller than 100,000 square kilometres, the Hungarian language is spoken only by Hungarians, Hungarian folk songs are not similar to those of any other nation - yet the Hungarians have been living in the middle of Europe for over 1100 years.
www.magyarorszag.hu /angol   (282 words)

  
 Hungarian Axis Forces in WWII
Hungary was at the time in theory, if not in practice, considered to be a Monarchy with the associated Royal functions and positions; this is why the Hungarian units usually had "Royal" in their titles).
The pattern for this declaration had been set many years before, and the final impetus for the move is said to have come when the Hungarian city of kassa was bombed, supposedly by Russian aircraft.
According to Andris Kursietis, debate regarding this event is still occuring, and blame can not be placed firmly on any one source, although some have placed the blame on Germany in a scheme to draw Hungary into the war.
www.feldgrau.com /a-hungary.html   (1021 words)

  
 The president and the prime minister of the Hungarian Republic congratulated Victor Yushchenko on victory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The president and the prime minister of the Hungarian Republic congratulated Victor Yushchenko on victory
The President and the Prime Minister of the Hungarian Republic Ferenc Madl and Ferenc Gyurcsány have congratulated Victor Yushchenko on winning the elections.
President, good health, inspiration, and determination in implementing Your ideas, success in Your work for the well-being of the country and the people,” is said in the letter from the Hungarian President.
www.yuschenko.com.ua /eng/present/News/2055   (230 words)

  
 Facts about Hungary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Language: Hungarian (a very special language, originating from the Finnougric tribe of languages)
Currency: Hungarian Forint - HUF (1 USD = 176.25 HUF / 29.March.1997)
In addition to the more than 10 million Hungarians in Hungary, there are almost 5 million living in other countries who declare themselves as Hungarians.
www.fsz.bme.hu /hungary/facts.html   (132 words)

  
 News
News of the Hungarian Patent Office for the year 2004.
News of the Hungarian Patent Office for the year 2003.
News of the Hungarian Patent Office for the year 2002.
www.hpo.hu   (108 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hungarian Soviet Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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