The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 began on 23 October with a student demonstration in Budapest in support of reforms in Poland, which grew into a nationwide uprising against the communist government and Soviet domination. Crowds toppled a giant statue of Stalin, and the reformist communist Imre Nagy became prime minister and promised free elections and Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops first withdrew from Budapest, but on 4 November they returned in force and crushed the uprising after days of heavy fighting. Thousands of Hungarians died, and some two hundred thousand fled the country. Janos Kadar was installed as the new leader, and Nagy was tried in secret and executed in 1958. The West protested but did not intervene.
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- from 5 December 1956 to 29 March 1961Treason Trial
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