Historical place archive

Budapest in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Budapest in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records6 event labels5 people1944–1994

Historical events in Budapest

1944

26 December 1944
Battle of Budapest
Rodion Yakovlevich Malinowsky · World War, 2nd

The encirclement of Budapest is completed by the Russians

26 December 1944
Siege of Budapest
Joseph Stalin · World War, 2nd

Advancing Soviet troops surround Budapest

1956

4 November 1956
Soviet Intervention in Hungary
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Military

Approves the Soviet military intervention that crushes the Hungarian Revolution.

1991

28 June 1991
Comecon
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Government of Russia

The final Comecon council session takes place June 28, 1991 in Budapest, and led to an agreement to disband within 90 days

28 June 1991
Economy of Russia
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Government of Russia

The final Comecon council session takes place June 28, 1991 in Budapest, and led to an agreement to disband within 90 days

1994

5 December 1994
Budapest Security Assurances
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin · Nuclear

Joins the United States and United Kingdom in giving security assurances to Ukraine after its commitment to relinquish nuclear weapons.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Budapest. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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