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The Lessons of 1956
RIA Novosti ^ | Oct. 23, 2006 | Andrei Kolesnikov

Posted on 10/26/2006 2:58:49 PM PDT by sergey1973

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kolesnikov) - Public unrest recently swept through Hungary. Triggering it were revelations by Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany, which revealed that the Cabinet had been lying to the nation about the economic situation.

As often happens with public action, Hungarians chanted diverse, and often mutually exclusive, mottoes. The activists were also a motley crew, including hoodlums.

The figure "1956" loomed behind the drama. Hungary possesses a dynamic civil society, which exploded with indignation at the revelation that the government was telling it fairly tales-an instance of politics shrugging off morals. The public thirst for the truth is a legacy of the 1956 tragedy, a lesson Hungarians learned by heart.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1956; civilunrest; communism; easterneurope; eeurope; europe; hungarianrevolution; hungary; kgb; putin; russia; sovietunion; stalinism; unrest; vladimirputin

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