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Vengriia-56

Proryv v Tsepi

Valentin Alekseev (1924-1994) was one of the most outstanding underground historians in Soviet Russia. He worked many years without hope of official publication. This first and unique Russian book on the topic of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was written during the Brezhnev’ era, was widely known in “samizdat,” but was published only after the author’s death. It is based on profound researches in archives, in nearly inaccessible “special” (secret) departments of Soviet libraries, and on interviews with actors of the first attempt to change and overthrow a Communist regime in Eastern Europe. This book covers the history of Hungary in the 20th century, establishment of so called “popular democracy”, political crisis and Soviet military intervention. It is also a monument and a testimony to independent historical thought in a totalitarian society. The Hungarian Government awarded the late author with the Imre Nagy medal. Preface “About the author, his time and his book” by V. Sheinis. Name index.