Drink a toast today to those that dies and those that survived the Soviet Military Intervention in Hungary, 1956.
TODAY: In a Long-Ago Revolution Against the then Communists, Echoes for Today Hungarian police fired rubber bullets at anti-government protesters today as the country marked the 50th anniversary of its anti-Soviet uprising.
Photographers at the scene said one demonstrator had been hit in the head by a rubber bullet and was bleeding but still conscious.
NOVOSTI Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, commemorated on Friday those who died in Hungary's revolution against the Soviet-backed authoritarian government fifty years ago, and disowned the actions of the Soviet leadership.
In October-November 1956, Soviet tanks entered Budapest to suppress a nationwide revolt against the Communist regime in Hungary. Over 2,500 Hungarians were killed in clashes with police and Soviet troops, while thousands were wounded and some 200,000 fled the country. Federation Council senators paid tribute in a statement "on behalf of Russians to those who suffered in those tragic days. The upper house conveys feelings of friendship and solidarity to Hungarians." Senators said Russia could not be blamed for the actions of the Soviet leadership. "However, moved by the feelings of honor and dignity, we feel a moral responsibility for certain pages of our history, and hope that present-day Hungarian society will appreciate the sincerity of our regret for the events in Hungary in October-November 1956," the statement said. Russia officially apologized for the events in 1991.
The small insert from the cover of recommended reading: http://www.ceupress.com/books/html/SovietMilitaryInterventionInHungary1956.html
http://www.hungary1956.com/photos.htm
Apologies to the viewers for U No Who's lack of reciprocal comments... but faced with a revolution of his own making!
Yes, Russia could not be blames , still the citizens could have done sth to stop the intervention.Of course, under a regime of death and tconstant threat, I guess noone would have been able to object to the attack.Frankly, communism has caused death to so many people in Europe , I don't understand why it exists as political party ( in Greece we have a political party...I hate this)
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