The Night Budapest Tore Down Stalin
On October 23, 1956, Hungarian students and workers rose against Soviet domination, toppling Stalin's giant bronze statue in Budapest on the revolution's first night.
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'Whirlwind': The Dawn Soviet Tanks Returned to Budapest
On November 4, 1956, the Soviet Union launched Operation Whirlwind against Budapest, crushing Hungary's revolution and sending some 200,000 refugees fleeing west.