It is important to know in brief about the History of Hungary if you are planning to visit the country. Knowing about the past and history of Hungary will help you in appreciating and enjoying more the Hungary of today. The Hungarian People’s Republic materialized in the year 1949 after the Hungarian Workers' Party eradicated its rivals and assumed control of the state. The Soviet control of Eastern Europe after World War II had enabled a microscopic communist party lacking popular support to gain power in the country. It gradually eliminated its political rivals. Under the leadership of Matyas Rakosi, the party united its control and radically transformed the country socially, economically and politically.
After the Soviet Union had somewhat relaxed its control of Eastern Europe in the mid 1950s, the Hungarian society began to mobilize against the regime culminating in the Revolution of 1956. The Soviet troops crushed the rebellion and left the powers in the hands of Janos Kadar. After merging his authority Janos Kadar embarked on a program of economic reform in the mid-1960s.
Hungary, like the other countries of Eastern Europe has a history of class religious and ethnic conflicts that were intensified and sometimes decided by the actions of larger and more powerful neighbors. Beginning in the 10th century, the German and Bohemian missionaries converted the Magyars. In the early 11th century, the Bavarian knights helped Stephen I abolish the rivals and quash peasant revolts. The armies of Suleyman the Magnificent's Ottoman conquered and partitioned the country with the Habsburgs in the 16th century expediting the spread of Protestant faiths. The Habsburg rulers occupied Hungary with non-Magyars, repressed its Protestants, muffled its economic development and attempted to Germanize its people.
The history of Hungary has witnessed inner divisions, the strong foreign influence and the outright attempts to force the country men to assimilate into other cultures. Yet, despite all these hurdles, the Hungarian nationalism has thrived throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The nationalism drove Hungary to partner itself with Nazi Germany to take back the territories that were lost after World War I. The nationalism of the country also inspired the Hungarians to revolt against the Stalinist political order in October 1956.
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