Nov 04, 2006 04:19:37 PM by
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Fifty years ago today, the Red army invaded Hungary and put an end to its attempted democratic Revolution, with Soviet troops who had been told they were going to Berlin to fight fascists. The moderate Communist government, whose reformism had gained popular support, was toppled in favour of a regime more favourable to the Soviet Union, which had yet to distance itself fully from its Stalinist past. The event proved a watershed in the political image of the USSR, with many Western Marxists turning away from its foreign policy after its second invasion in three years.
Fifty years ago today, the Red army invaded Hungary and put an end to its attempted democratic Revolution, with Soviet troops who had been told they were going to Berlin to fight fascists. The moderate Communist government, whose reformism had gained popular support, was toppled in favour of a regime more favourable to the Soviet Union, which had yet to distance itself fully from its Stalinist past. The event proved a watershed in the political image of the USSR, with many Western Marxists turning away from its foreign policy after its second invasion in three years.