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===Soviet era===

===Soviet era===

[[Image:Mock&Horn.jpg|left|thumb|240px|The fall of the [[Iron Curtain]], [[1989]]: the [[foreign minister]]s of [[Austria]] and Hungary, [[Alois Mock]] and [[Gyula Horn]], ceremoniously cut through the border defences separating their countries.]]

[[Image:Mock&Horn.jpg|left|thumb|240px|The fall of the [[Iron Curtain]], [[1989]]: the [[foreign minister]]s of [[Austria]] and Hungary, [[Alois Mock]] and [[Gyula Horn]], ceremoniously cut through the border defences separating their countries.]]

Following the fall of Nazi Germany, Hungary became a communist satellite state of the Soviet Union.  This followed a brief interval of democracy from  1946 to 1947 when the Hungarians proclaimed their second republic.  After 1948, Communist leader [[Mátyás Rákosi]] established Stalinist rule in the country.  The rule of the Rákosi government was nearly unbearable for Hungary's war-torn citizens.  This led to the [[1956 Hungarian Revolution]] and Hungary's temporary withdrawal from the [[Warsaw Pact]].  The Soviets retaliated massively with military force, sending in over 150,000 troops and 2,500 tanks<ref>Findley, Carter V., and John Rothney. Twentieth Century World. sixth ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 278.</ref>.  Nearly a quarter of a million people left the country during the brief time that the borders were open in 1956.  From the 1960s through the late 1980s, Hungary was often satirically referred to as "[[the happiest barrack]]" within the [[Eastern bloc]].  This was under the autocratic rule of its controversial communist leader, [[János Kádár]].

Following the fall of Nazi Germany, Hungary became a communist satellite state of the Soviet Union.  This followed a brief interval of democracy from  1946 to 1947 when the Hungarians proclaimed their second republic.  After [[1948]], Communist leader [[Mátyás Rákosi]] established Stalinist rule in the country.  The rule of the Rákosi government was nearly unbearable for Hungary's war-torn citizens.  This led to the [[1956 Hungarian Revolution]] and Hungary's temporary withdrawal from the [[Warsaw Pact]].  The Soviets retaliated massively with military force, sending in over 150,000 troops and 2,500 tanks<ref>Findley, Carter V., and John Rothney. Twentieth Century World. sixth ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 278.</ref>.  Nearly a quarter of a million people left the country during the brief time that the borders were open in 1956.  From the 1960s through the late 1980s, Hungary was often satirically referred to as "[[the happiest barrack]]" within the [[Eastern bloc]].  This was under the autocratic rule of its controversial communist leader, [[János Kádár]].

===Third Hungarian Republic===

===Third Hungarian Republic===