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Hungary 1956; ‘Normalization’ in Budapest

23rd June 2020 Going Postal 0

The crushing of the 1956 Hungarian uprising led to repercussions far beyond the borders of the country itself.  In its wake communist fellow travellers were forced to confront the grim realities of Soviet realpolitik, the [more…]

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