Mátyás Rákosi
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Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1948 to 1956. He served first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1945 to 1948 and
Mátyás Rákosi General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party
Mátyás Rákosi in 1919
Pesti Napló newspaper 25.09.1925: Mátyás Rákosi had been captured by police
Mátyás Rákosi escorted by police September 1925
János Kádár
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János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988
Mátyás Rákosi
…rival Imre Nagy became a dominant figure in the Revolution. Soviet troops ultimately crushed the uprising and installed a new Communist government under János Kádár. Rákosi lived out the rest of his life in exile in the Soviet Union, denied permission to return home by the Hungarian government, out of fear of mass…
Kádár in 1977
Kádár circa 1962
Kádár during his arrest in 1933
Kádár (left) and László Rajk, members of the Central Executive of the Hungarian Communist Party at the first national meeting of the MKP, May 1945