People of the Revolution and the USSR
Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
Background: Hungary
The Cold War and decolonization 1945–현재
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GlossaryHungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
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Mátyás Rákosi Rákosi Mátyás
Architect of Hungary's Sovietization who built one-party rule through 'salami tactics'
Political and party leadership · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP)
1892–1971
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Imre Nagy Nagy Imre
Premier for thirteen days
Government and administration · Hungary
1896–1958
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József Révai Révai József
Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era
Ideology and propaganda · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
1898–1959
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Ernő Gerő Gerő Ernő
Hungary's last Stalinist First Secretary; his three months in power ignited the revolution
Political and party leadership · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
1898–1980
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Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály
Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome
Government and administration · Hungary
1904–1965
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János Kádár Kádár János
Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1912–1989
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Miklós Gimes Gimes Miklós
Reform communist journalist executed alongside Imre Nagy
Literature and arts · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP)
1917–1958
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Pál Maléter Maléter Pál
A soldier caught between negotiation and armed resistance
Military command · Hungary
1917–1958
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András Hegedüs Hegedüs András
A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold
Government and administration · Hungary
1922–1999
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Rezső Nyers Nyers Rezső
A party leader who pushed market reform within socialism
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1923–2018
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Gyula Horn Horn Gyula
Hungarian foreign minister who cut the Iron Curtain, and reform prime minister
Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary
1932–2013
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Imre Pozsgay Pozsgay Imre
The reformist Politburo member who called 1956 a 'popular uprising' and dismantled his own party's orthodoxy
Ideology and propaganda · Hungary
1933–2016