People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재
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GlossaryParty of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
- Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed
- Mátyás Rákosi Rákosi Mátyás Architect of Hungary's Sovietization who built one-party rule through 'salami tactics'
- József Révai Révai József Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era
- Ernő Gerő Gerő Ernő Hungary's last Stalinist First Secretary; his three months in power ignited the revolution
- Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome
- László Rajk Rajk László Interior minister who built the ÁVH secret police, then fell as the first major victim of Stalinist show trials in Eastern Europe
- János Kádár Kádár János Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals
- Károly Grósz Grósz Károly Hungary's last old-guard party chief, caught between reform and retreat and overtaken by both