THE HUNGARIAN REVOLT OF 1956 AND SOME ASPECTS OF THE INTERNAL POLICY OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN ROMANIA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the response to the Hungarian events of the autumn of 1956 in Romanian society and reveals the measures taken by the communist regime in Romania in order to neutralize the Hungarian influence on the situation in the country. As the author shows, anti-government demonstrations in Romania in the days of the Hungarian revolution, although of a local nature, posed a serious threat to the regime of the Romanian workers' party. The latent announcement of emergency state in the country, the involvement of the Interior Ministry and Ministry of Defense forces to protect law and order, a number of repressive measures, competent political work with the population, and also the adoption of important economic decisions helped the party leadership to keep the situation under control and prevent the recurrence of the Hungarian scenario in Romania. The article notes that the Hungarian revolution was one of the external factors that influenced the formation of a specific Romanian model of socialism with its more independent foreign policy and the desire to protect the country from destructive influences from the outside world.