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  Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
This led to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and an announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact which were met with a massive military intervention by the Soviet Union.
From the 1960s on to the late 1980s Hungary enjoyed a distinguished status of "the happiest barrack" within the Eastern bloc, under the rule of late controversial communist leader János Kádár, who exercised autocratic rule during this period.
In the late 1980s, Hungary led the movement to dissolve the Warsaw Pact and shifted toward multiparty democracy and a market-oriented economy.
www.wikipedia-mirror.co.za /h/u/n/Hungary.html   (2135 words)

  
 The happiest barrack: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The happiest barrack: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
The happiest barrack is a satirical satire quick summary:
Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) often as an intended...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_happiest_barrack.htm   (1931 words)

  
 Galeria Centralis - Catalogue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
György Galántai originally intended the materials of the "Hungary Can Be Yours / International Hungary" exhibition for the Hungary issue of Commonpress mail art magazine and it only became an exhibition at the request of the Young Artists' Club.
In Orwell's year, in the era of the 'happiest barrack', the image flowing from the works of 46 Hungarian and 58 artists from 18 countries did not fit in the current country image and was banned by the jury at the last minute.
In the past few years, in the archives of the Historical Office documents from the Hungarian internal security service III/III were disclosed that provide a detailed description and interpretation / evaluation of the works of the 1984 exhibition and its opening events.
www.osa.ceu.hu /galeria/catalogue/2001/artpool   (293 words)

  
 Magyar Nemzeti Filmarchívum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Nearly 750 full-length features and around 1,000 short films were produced in the age when film was a leading form of art in the Hungarian culture.
It was initially a medium of the ideology, later a genre of "alternative thinking" and freedom in the Kádár-era, the time of the "happiest barrack", a kind of showcase to the West.
The films are held, almost without exception, by the Archive (including negatives and Mafilm legal deposits), only certain television pieces also distributed, such as Bob herceg (Prince Bob) or Férjhez menni tilos!
www.filmintezet.hu /uj/english/gyujtemenyek/szocfilm/m_main.htm   (166 words)

  
 portfolio.hu - Online Financial Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
“From the “happiest barrack"* Hungary has become one of the most corrupt nations in Europe.
If you compare the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) with the Warsaw, Prague or Ljubjana bourses, we cannot be satisfied," Járai added.
*The happiest barrack is a satirical term referring to Hungary and its relationship with the Soviet Bloc from the early 1960s to 1989 as after the country's communist leader, János Kádár, had stabilised his regime, Hungary became relatively the most free among the communist countries of Central Europe.
www.portfolio.hu /en/cikkek.tdp?cCheck=1&k=2&i=4766   (879 words)

  
 DVD Times - Love (Szerelem)
However, behind the letters lies a far more troubling reality.
Written on the back of the 1956 uprisings, the story told by Love was obviously political dynamite but given Hungary's relatively independent staus within the Warsaw pact ("the happiest barrack in the Eastern Bloc"), the stories were published with no reprisals against the author.
Although there had been a few amnesties in the meanwhile, the 70s was an era when cinema of this sort was still seen by the censors as far too overtly critical to be approved.
www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=58330   (995 words)

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