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| | Introduction: Hungarian Uprising 1956 |
 | | They included the immediate withdrawal of all Soviet troops the reconstitution of the Government under Imre Nagy, who had meanwhile been re-admitted to the Communist Party, free elections, freedom of expression, the reestablishment of political parties, and sweeping changes in the conditions both of workers and peasants. |
 | | Shortly after 9 p.m., tear gas bombs were thrown from the upper windows and, one or two minutes later, AVH men opened fire on the crowd, killing a number of people and wounding others. |
 | | In so far as any one moment can be selected as the turning point which changed a peaceable demonstration into a violent uprising, it would be this moment when the AVH, already intensely unpopular and universally feared by their compatriots, attacked defenseless people. |
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