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A couple selling onions on a Budapest street. In 1956, state-owned agricultural production cooperatives of the Soviet model existed in Hungary, but the largest part of the land was cultivated on small fields by private farmers.
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A couple selling onions on a Budapest street. In 1956, state-owned agricultural...

Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural cooperatives.Private farming was restricted to small plots for family-use and private sale on the free market.A boy selling heads of cabbage on a Budapest street.
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Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural c...

Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural cooperatives.Private farming was restricted to small plots for family-use and private sale on the free market. Farmwomen offering chicken and geese in Budapest.
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Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural c...

A quick business deal on a Budapest street, in front of the special "IKKA" shop.
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A quick business deal on a Budapest street, in front of the special "IKKA" shop.

Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural cooperatives.Private farming was restricted to small plots for family-use and private sale on the free market.A farm-couple selling mushrooms. Hungary,1956
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Under Communist rule in Hungary,most farms were turned into huge agricultural c...

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. During the first days of the Hungarian Revolution, food distribution became irregular and shops closed. Queues in front a Budapest food shop.
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The Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23...

Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. People queuing for cigarettes in Dunapentele (Sztalinvaros), the pride of Communist Hungary's heavy industry and yet a center of the Revolution in October and November 1956. Dunapentele, 1956
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Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. People queuing for cigarettes in Dunape...

Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Goods are scarce: long lines of shoppers stand in front of a department store on Rakoczi ut. The police allow only small groups of people to enter the shop at one time. Budapest, December 1956.
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Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Goods are scarce: long lines of shoppers...

Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Goods are scarce: long lines of shoppers stand in front of a department store on Rakoczi ut. The police allow only small groups of people to enter the shop at one time. Budapest, December 1956.
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Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Goods are scarce: long lines of shoppers...

Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Food deliveries were irregular; people bought pretzels sold fom a cart in a Budapest street. Budapest, 1956
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Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Food deliveries were irregular; people...

Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Food deliveries were irregular; people bought pretzels sold fom a cart in a Budapest street. Budapest, 1956
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Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. Food deliveries were irregular; people...

Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. New glass-panes for a shattered shop-window. Budapest, 1956
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Aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution. New glass-panes for a shattered shop-win...