Hungarian Working People's Party
The Hungarian Working People's Party was the ruling communist party of Hungary from 1948 to 1956.
Unification congress poster
Image: Mátyás Rákosi General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party
Image: Enro Gero (Hongarije), Bestanddeelnr 914 2279 (cropped)
Image: János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro)
Hungarian People's Republic
The Hungarian People's Republic was a one-party socialist state from 20 August 1949 to 23 October 1989. It was governed by the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, which was under the influence of the Soviet Union. Pursuant to the 1944 Moscow Conference, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin had agreed that after the war Hungary was to be included in the Soviet sphere of influence. The HPR remained in existence until 1989, when opposition forces brought the end of communism in Hungary.
Monument in Budapest, dedicated to the leaders of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919, Tibor Szamuely, Béla Kun, Jenő Landler