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Soviet Intervention in Hungary

Russia · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev4 November 1956

Budapest · Warfare / Military

Approves the Soviet military intervention that crushes the Hungarian Revolution.

Names involved

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev

Provenance

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