Hungary 1956

In 1956 Khrushchev was put to the test because of he Hungarians opposition, this was mainly because they lost their freedom of speech, they lived in fair of the secret police, they resented the presence of thousands of Soviet troops and some areas of Hungary had Russian sings, schools, etc. And they had to paid to soviet forces for being in Hungary. All these regulations were set by their leader Mátyás Rákosi.
People in Hungary were mad because the government lied at them, in 1953 people already noticed that living standards were declining, but the state lied a them saying they were never been so good. The reality was that they were spending their money in armaments.

In June 1956 a group of the Communist Party opposed Rákosi. This flag represent them:

At first, Rákosi wanted to arrest them in Moscow, but Moscow would not back him. After this, Rákosi was obliged to retire and the new leader, Erno Gero, was no more acceptable to the Hungarian people. 

In October 23, students give a huge demonstration, when Stalin was pulled down, and the USSR allowed a new government to be formed under Imre Nagy. Soviets troops stationed in Hungary. 

Nagy`s government make plans of his new government, free elections, impartial courts, restore farmland to private ownerships, leave Warsaw Pact and declare Hungary a neutral in the Cold War.

Khrushchev was reay to accept some of these reforms, except from Hungary leaving the Warsaw Pact. So Khrushchev refused all the reforms and in November thousands of Soviet troops move into Hungary. Hungarians fight for two weeks, 3000 Hungarians and 8000 Russian were killed apart from the 200000 Hungarians that cross the border to escape Soviet army. Imre Nagy was executed.

People in Hungary was impacted because of children who were carrying arms, from 11 to 15 years. Some other people report that they have seen how Hungarians disarmed soldiers and used their arms. However there were not enough arms and they were crushed in two weeks. Finally 35000 anti-Communist were arrested and 300 executed, however some reforms that Hungarians wanted were introduced, except the central issue, leave the Warsaw Pact.