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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. Wounded revolutionary carrying ammunition around his neck. The death-toll was estimated at about 10.000 Hungarians.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A man paints the "Kossuth coat of arms", the emblem of the 1946 Hungarian republic, on a captured Soviet gun.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A disabled Soviet IS-3 tank on a street covered with rubble.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A T-34 tank,with the Hungarian national emblem and one black and one Hungarian flag, is maneuvered into position as a roadblock.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. A manned T 54 Soviet tank in front of the Hungarian parliament building. Budapest, November 4/5 1956
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the Parliament building, Hungarians read leaflets published by the insurgents. In it, they announce the retreat of the Soviet troops and write about leaving the Warsaw Pact.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the just-conquered AVH Headquarters, passers-by burn pictures of Stalin.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. Insurgents have hoisted a Hungarian flag on a captured Soviet tank in front of the New York Palace on Lenin Ring (today again Erzebet körut) near Blaha Lujza Square.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the just-conquered AVH Headquarters, passers-by burn pictures of Party Secretary Matyas Rakosi.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the just-conquered AVH Headquarters, passers-by burn pictures of Party Secretary Matyas Rakosi.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the just-conquered AVH Headquarters, passers-by burn pictures of Party Secretary Matyas Rakosi.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23, 1956. It was crushed by Soviet tanks and artillery after days of street-fighting. In front of the just-conquered AVH Headquarters, passers-by burn pictures of Party Secretary Matyas Rakosi.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...