Lajos Kossuth - The Father of Hungarian Democracy
The Magyar Foundation of North America presents a brief examination of the historic life of Lajos Kossuth.
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Kossuth Lajos tér, Budapest
Kossuth Lajos tér (English: Kossuth Lajos square) is situated in the Lipótváros neighbourhood of Budapest, Hungary, on the bank of the Danube. Its most notable landmark is the Hungarian Parliament Building (Hungarian: Országház). There is a station of the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro on the square as well as a stop for the scenic Tram No. 2.
Louis Kossuth in America and St. Louis by Phil Bognar
Philip Bognar (MA in International Affairs, Washington University) speaking at University of California/Berkeley for American Hungarian Educators' Association academic conference 2009.
Louis Kossuth (leader of the unsuccessful 1848-49 Hungarian revolution against the Habsburg Empire) visited Britain and the US from 1851-1852. He found his way to St. Louis, Missouri, the speaker's hometown having visited other major US cities.
Bognar relates that St. Louis (then a rapidly growing river town bursting at the seams) welcomed Kossuth with open arms. One of the speeches delivered there was controversial given the Protestant Kossuth believed local priests were possibly Jesuit spies for the Catholic Hapsburgs.
Although Kossuth found the American people in general supported his goals of a free Hungary, he did not get official government support nor enough men, armaments or money for a renewed attempt to overthrow the monarchy. Kossuth would later die in exile rather than return to a Hungary in partnership with the Austrians.
Some current reminders of Kossuth's visit to St. Louis include a street named after him and a small monument currently in rubble.
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[EN] We visit Pécs - a very attractive, picturesque city located in the south of Hungary, with a unique atmosphere. Its Old Town is very extensive and rich. There are a lot of interesting buildings and monuments. If you visit this place, you will be truly enchanted. You can spend a few days here visiting all the interesting places available in the city. We assure you that Pécs will remain in your memory for a long time.
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[HU] Meglátogatjuk Pécset - egy nagyon vonzó, festői város, Magyarország déli részén, egyedi hangulattal. Óvárosa igen kiterjedt és gazdag. Sok érdekes épület és műemlék található. Ha meglátogatja ezt a helyet, igazán elvarázsol.
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[PL] Odwiedzamy Pecz (węgierska nazwa: Pécs) - bardzo atrakcyjne, malownicze miasto znajdujące się na południu Węgier, mające wyjątkową atmosferę. Jego starówka jest bardzo obszerna i bogata. Znajduje się tam mnóstwo interesujących budowli i zabytków. Jeśli je odwiedzicie, będziecie nim naprawdę oczarowani. Można tu spędzić kilka dni odwiedzając spokojnie wszystkie ciekawe miejsca dostępne w mieście. Zapewniamy, że Pecz pozostanie w Waszej pamięci przez długi czas.
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Hungary is a country in Central Europe that covers an area of 93,030 km2 in the Carpathian Basin, bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Austria to the northwest, Romania to the east, Serbia to the south, Croatia to the southwest, and Slovenia to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world. Hungary's capital and its largest city and metropolis is Budapest, a significant economic hub, classified as a leading global city. Major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr. Following centuries of successive habitation by Celts, Romans, West Slavs, Gepids and Avars, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian grand prince Árpád in the conquest of the Carpathian Basin. His great-grandson Stephen I ascended the throne in 1000, converting the country to a Christian...
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or Hungarian Uprising of 1956 (Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom or 1956-os felkelés), was a nationwide revolt against the Communist regime of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. Though leaderless when it first began, it was the first major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces drove Nazi Germany from its territory at the end of World War II.
The revolt began as a student protest, which attracted thousands as they marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building, calling out on the streets using a van with loudspeakers. A student delegation, entering the radio building to try to broadcast the students' demands, was detained. When the delegation's release was demanded by the protesters outside, they were fired upon from within the building by the State Security Police, known as ÁVH (acronym for Állam Védelmi Hatóság, literally State Protection Authority). One student died and was wrapped in a flag and held above the crowd. This was the start of the revolution. As the news spread, disorder and violence erupted throughout the capital.
The revolt spread quickly across Hungary, and the government collapsed. Thousands organised into militias, battling the ÁVH and Soviet troops. Pro-Soviet communists and ÁVH members were often executed or imprisoned, and former political prisoners were released and armed. Radical impromptu workers' councils wrested municipal control from the ruling Hungarian Working People's Party and demanded political changes. A new government formally disbanded the ÁVH, declared its intention to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and pledged to re-establish free elections. By the end of October, fighting had almost stopped, and a sense of normality began to return.
After announcing a willingness to negotiate a withdrawal of Soviet forces, the Politburo changed its mind and moved to crush the revolution. On 4 November, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest and other regions of the country. The Hungarian resistance continued until 10 November. Over 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed in the conflict, and 200,000 Hungarians fled as refugees. Mass arrests and denunciations continued for months thereafter. By January 1957, the new Soviet-installed government had suppressed all public opposition. These Soviet actions, while strengthening control over the Eastern Bloc, alienated many Western Marxists, leading to splits and/or considerable losses of membership for communist parties in capitalist states.
Public discussion about the revolution was suppressed in Hungary for more than 30 years. Since the thaw of the 1980s, it has been a subject of intense study and debate. At the inauguration of the Third Hungarian Republic in 1989, 23 October was declared a national holiday.
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Henry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc., FRSC (November 30, 1915 – November 16, 2005) was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes. He was the second Canadian-born chemist to win the Nobel Prize, and remains the only Saskatchewanian-born Nobel laureate. Taube completed his undergraduate and Masters degrees at the University of Saskatchewan, and his Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley. After finishing graduate school, Taube worked at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and Stanford University.
In addition to the Nobel Prize, Taube also received many other major scientific awards, including the Priestley Medal in 1985 and two Guggenheim Fellowships early in his career (1949 and 1955), as well as numerous honorary doctorates. His research focused on redox reactions, transition metals and the use of isotopically labeled compounds to follow reactions. He had over 600 publications including one book, and had mentored over 200 students during his career. Taube and his wife Mary had three children, his son Karl is an anthropologist at the University of California Riverside.
Az első lövés / The first shot
Hogyan történt? Miért történt? Hány áldozat volt? A film ezekre a kérdésekre keresi a választ. Az 1956. október 25-i Kossuth téri sortűz az 1956-os forradalom és szabadságharc egyik legtöbb áldozatot követelő eseménye. A „véres csütörtök” 60. évfordulója alkalmából az Országgyűlési Múzeum kutatást indított, melynek célja a sortűz körülményeinek feltárása volt. How did it all happen? Why did it happen? How many people lost their lives? The film seeks the answers to these questions. The Kossuth Square massacre on 25 October 1956 was among the events of the 1956 revolution and struggle for freedom that took the greatest death toll. The Museum of the Hungarian Parliament launched a research project on the 60th anniversary of the “Bloody Thursday” with the aim of exploring the circumstances of the massacre. Látogass ide: Országgyűlési Múzeum - In memoriam 1956. október 25. emlékhely és kiállítás Az 1956. október 25-i sortűz áldozatainak emlékhelyét a Kossuth tér alatt húzódó, az Országház egykori klimatizálását elősegítő déli szellőző alagút 350 négyzetméteres terében alakították ki.