Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

Communist Budapest: The Guidebook available from Amazon https://t.co/OFL9Di30MH - 218 pages, 100 sights, 26 maps, 60+ fact boxes. No commie kitsch, no Ostalgie. communistguides.com Joined January 2023

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

The Siege of Budapest ended in #Soviet victory #OTD in 1945 #communism #WWII. Photo shows Red Army soldiers putting up the Soviet flag on the roof of the New York Palace overlooking Erzsébet körút (Credit: Fortepan/Vörös Hadsereg)

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The View East @thevieweast

2 years ago

The remarkable architecture of communist Albania and its revival #albania #coldwar #coldwarhist domusweb.it/en/architectur…

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Prague Morning @PragueMorning

2 years ago

These beautiful color pics were taken by writer and photographer Simon Knott and show street scenes of Prague in 1987. buff.ly/3UrEsiM

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British Poles @britishpoles

2 years ago

Today, we commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of the German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, #HolocaustRemembranceDay. #DYK that between 1945 and 1950, there were over two hundred labour and concentration camps in which Poles, and other nationalities were made…

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USSR Pictures @PicturesUssr

2 years ago

"New microdistrict", painting by Alexander Nikolaevich Bezumov, 1980

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

Mátyás Rákosi, fanatical #communist leader of #Hungary during the worst of the Stalinist period, died in exile in the #USSR #OTD in 1971. (Photo credit: Fortepan/Horváth József)

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Daniel Tilles @danieltilles1

2 years ago

This year is the 20th anniversary of when I first moved to Poland. To celebrate my time in this fantastic country, here's a thread of ten things that have changed over those two decades. If there's popular demand, I'll also do a list of ten things that haven't changed

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British Poles @britishpoles

2 years ago

#OTD in 1945, the Soviets entered Warsaw, or rather the remnants of the devastated city. However, the Red Army did not bring freedom but instead ushered in the communist regime, marking the beginning of a new era of occupation.

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Cold War Records 🇺🇦 @ColdWarRecords

2 years ago

#coldwar "Operation Light on the Wall ", #Berlin 1961, #GDR #DDR Nearly one thousand trees donated by #German citizens was placed along the Berlin Wall during #Christmas A silent #MerryChristmas between divided families. #Communism #Communist #History

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

Soviet forces attacked Budapest to suppress the Hungarian Uprising #OTD in 1956. #communism #USSR #SovietUnion

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

The #Hungarian Uprising broke out #OTD in 1956. Protesters destroyed the huge #Stalin statue. Read more in this blog post communistguides.com/the-rise-and-f… (Photo: Fortepan/Hofbauer Róbert)

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

#Communist Hungary's parliament began passing legislation #OTD in 1989 to set up a multi-party democracy (Photo: Fortepan/Chuckyeager tumblr)

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

Hungarian #communist László Rajk was executed on 15 October 1949 following a show trial #OTD #Hungary

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

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Imre Nagy was readmitted to the Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) #OTD in 1956.

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt - MSZMP) proclaimed its own dissolution #OTD in 1989.

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Visegrád 24 @visegrad24

2 years ago

German defeat did not mean freedom for Poland. 500 000 Soviet boots in Poland “helped” impose communism in 1945, and the continued presence of Soviet forces helped enforce it. In 1993, after 48 long years, the last Russian troops finally left Poland.

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

László Rajk, a former interior and foreign minister, was sentenced to death at the end of a show trial in #Budapest #OTD in 1949. (Photo: Fortepan/Berkó Pál)

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Communist Budapest: The Guidebook @CommunistGuide

2 years ago

Hungary’s communist regime blew up the Regnum Marianum church in Budapest #OTD in 1951. communistguides.com/destruction-of… (Photo: Fortepan/Ted Grauthoff)