Hungarian Soviet Republic

The Hungarian Soviet Republic, also known as the Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived state that existed from 21 March 1919 to 1 August 1919, succeeding the First Hungarian Republic. The Hungarian Soviet Republic was a small rump state run by communists and socialists which, at its time of establishment, controlled approximately only 23% of Hungary's historic territory. The head of government was Sándor Garbai, but the influence of Béla Kun of the Party of Communists in Hungary was much stronger. Unable to reach an agreement with the Triple Entente, which maintained an economic blockade of Hungary, in dispute with neighboring countries over territorial disputes, and beset by profound internal social changes, the Hungarian Soviet Republic failed in its objectives and was abolished a few months after its existence. Its main figure was the Communist Béla Kun, despite the fact that in the first days the majority of the new government consisted of radical Social Democrats. The new system effectively concentrated power in the governing councils, which exercised it in the name of the working class.

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1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic

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Gedenktafel, Színház Straße 1, 2025 Sopron

Portrait of the Yugoslav communist Josef Hermal

Gedenktafel (2019), Kossuthstrasse 2, 2025 Dunaföldvár

Friedhof, Denkmal Ungarische Räterepublik, 2024 Szécsény

Hungarian Red Army in Kassa

Obelisk Spang-Szenohradszky-Kutyifa, 2021 Kiskőrös

Enemy Activities - Miscellaneous - The Hungarian Revolution. Automobile loaded with revolutionists dashing through streets of Budapest - NARA - 31480144 (cropped)

Enemy Activities - Miscellaneous - The Hungarian Revolution. Automobile loaded with revolutionists dashing through streets of Budapest - NARA - 31480144

Hungary on March 24, 1919 - from, Enemy Activities - Arrests of Alien Enemies - Bolsheviki in Neutral Countries - The proclamation of Hungarian Republic now turned over to Hungarian Bolsheviki - NARA - 31477910 (cropped)

Enemy Activities - Arrests of Alien Enemies - Bolsheviki in Neutral Countries - The proclamation of Hungarian Republic now turned over to Hungarian Bolsheviki - NARA - 31477910

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	war	1918	Hungarian–Romanian War	war, Kingdom of Romania, Hungarian Soviet Republic, First Hungarian Republic, Odesa Soviet Republic	Wikidata
event	war	1918	Hungarian-Czechoslovak-România War	war, First Czechoslovak Republic, Hungarian Soviet Republic, First Hungarian Republic	Wikidata
commons	image		Gedenktafel, Színház Straße 1, 2025 Sopron		Commons
commons	image		Portrait of the Yugoslav communist Josef Hermal		Commons
commons	image		Gedenktafel (2019), Kossuthstrasse 2, 2025 Dunaföldvár		Commons
commons	image		Friedhof, Denkmal Ungarische Räterepublik, 2024 Szécsény		Commons
commons	image		Hungarian Red Army in Kassa		Commons
commons	image		Obelisk Spang-Szenohradszky-Kutyifa, 2021 Kiskőrös		Commons
commons	image		Enemy Activities - Miscellaneous - The Hungarian Revolution. Automobile loaded with revolutionists dashing through streets of Budapest - NARA - 31480144 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Enemy Activities - Miscellaneous - The Hungarian Revolution. Automobile loaded with revolutionists dashing through streets of Budapest - NARA - 31480144		Commons
commons	image		Hungary on March 24, 1919 - from, Enemy Activities - Arrests of Alien Enemies - Bolsheviki in Neutral Countries - The proclamation of Hungarian Republic now turned over to Hungarian Bolsheviki - NARA - 31477910 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Enemy Activities - Arrests of Alien Enemies - Bolsheviki in Neutral Countries - The proclamation of Hungarian Republic now turned over to Hungarian Bolsheviki - NARA - 31477910		Commons