Editing Hungary (section)

=== Communist period ===

A communist-controlled government consolidated power after the war. The Hungarian People's Republic was established on 20 August 1949.

Political opposition was suppressed, private property was nationalised, and the economy was reorganised through central state planning. Government authority was concentrated in the ruling communist party and the state security system.

The [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]] began in Budapest on 23 October 1956. Demonstrators demanded political reform, the withdrawal of Soviet forces, and the restoration of Hungarian sovereignty.

Soviet military intervention began on 4 November 1956 and suppressed the uprising. The government of [[János Kádár]] later introduced limited economic reforms while maintaining communist political control.