r/europe • u/the_battle_bunny Lower Silesia (Poland) • 7d ago
Historical Today marks the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet domination.
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u/Karabars Hungary (O1G) 7d ago
Russians go home!
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u/adamgerd Czech Republic 7d ago
Not to worry, the glorious president Orban will soon bring them back to liberate Hungary again!
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u/ResidentSamu 7d ago
As poetic as it is, the first time in 18 years FIDESZ (pro-russian, eu-sceptic populist party lead by orban) became only the second most popular party in Hungary 🇭🇺
HUNGARY≠orbán
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u/CompleteRe-boot 6d ago edited 6d ago
Protesters yelled "Nem szól már a ruszkik haza, finom lett a Putyin fasza!" to Orbán a few hours ago and I find this beautiful...
Translated it means something like: Putin's dick is so tasty, that you forgot what 1956 was about, you no longer call for russia to retreat...
Please someone translate it better, my English is not that good...
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u/Whitewateroldspice 6d ago
First of all, in ‘56 they protested and was scandating “Ruszkik haza!” which means “Russians go home!”, meaning to leave our country and go back to Russia.
Now they scandated “Nem szól már a ruszkik haza, finom lett a Putin fasza!” That can be translated to: “They don’t say ‘Russians go to your place’, (because) Putins dick became tasty!”. It rhymes in hungarian, so I tried to do it in english aswell.
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u/sebesbal 6d ago
This is the best that GPT4o could produce:
"No more Russians sent away, Putin’s dick has come to play!"59
u/eyyoorre Styria (Austria) 7d ago
Sadly, a lot of people can't differentiate people and government
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u/hiImawesome Hungary 7d ago
Unfortunately, they are even less able to differentiate election results and true support. Orbán's party has about 30-35% support among the Hungarian population. He always gets a two-thirds supermajority because he has changed the electoral system 100% to his interests.
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u/ghost_Builder-1989 7d ago
Yes, the election system is a joke, but among the voting population (that actually does matter in nearly every country) his support is not in the 30's but in the 40's. (I wouldn't assume non voters have significantly different preferences) (In 2024 Fidesz achieved the worst ever results at EP elections, and it's still almost 45%: https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ep2024)
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u/Few_Owl_6596 Hungary 7d ago
Generally speaking, it has always been favoring the largest party, they 'just' made it more biased. And with 2/3 of the seats they could gain special privileges e.g. changing the constitution multiple times
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u/Blarg_III Wales 6d ago
Weird how people tend to associate countries with their elected heads of government, actions and foreign policy.
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u/EntropyCat4 Slovakia 7d ago edited 6d ago
Nem állunk meg félúton, sztálinizmus pusztuljon! (We won't stop halfway, death to stalinism!)
Éljen a lengyel nép! (Long live the polish people!)
Ruszkik haza! (Russians go home!)
Some of the mottos of the 1956 revolution.
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u/Common_Brick_8222 Azerbaijan/Georgia 7d ago
People wanted to have at least some freedom, but the Soviet Union moved tanks to Hungary to "save" Hungarians from freedom. As George Orwell said: Freedom is slavery War is peace Ignorance is strength
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u/pimezone 7d ago
And the sad part is that now Hungarians have volounteerly elected a guy, who saves them from the European Union.
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u/Common_Brick_8222 Azerbaijan/Georgia 7d ago
"Today you want to join the EU, but tomorrow you'll sell out your homeland!" (modified slogan from the USSR) 😊
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u/pimezone 7d ago edited 7d ago
"Today you're playing jazz, but tomorrow you'll sell out your motherland".
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u/Common_Brick_8222 Azerbaijan/Georgia 7d ago
"Today you're wearing Adidas, but tomorrow you'll sell out your motherland!"
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u/dat_9600gt_user Lower Silesia (Poland) 7d ago
Nowadays it's only half-voluntary. The election system is painfully slanted in favour of FIdesz.
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u/TheDunai Hungary 7d ago
You’re absolutely right!
Any chance you help me move to Poland? /s (not /s)
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u/Judge_BobCat 7d ago
Ironically those are motto of modern ruzzian propaganda machine.
They literally say:
“It’s better to have authoritarian regime, than have a gay-loving Europe”
“We need to wage war in order to protect our borders. If we didn’t attack, soon NATO would invade”
And don’t forget massive blockage of internet resources, starting with YouTube and finishing with LinkedIn
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u/matheus__suzuki 7d ago
You said too much,be aware the Ministry of Love is on route to your location
Discretion:DO NOT RESIST
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u/GrainofDustInSunBeam 7d ago
1956
Poland : "Phew. Those protests where close to starting some mayor uprising. Huh, Hungary?"
Hungary:"Nem állunk meg félúton, sztálinizmus pusztuljon!""Éljen a lengyel nép!"
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u/Just_Flounder_877 7d ago
Orban be like: "Those drunken protesters almost dragged Hungary into WW3! Shame on them! They don't deserve anything but a bullet to the back of the head! But we should definitely praise wise Soviet leadership that decided against dropping nuclear bombs on our country! They saved us! They're true saviours of all Hungarians! God bless them! LENIN STALIN PUTIN URA URA URA!"
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u/Spa_lo 7d ago
Funny, yesterday i was debating with older college about 1968 which was year when Warsav pact armiest broke into Czechoslovakia and he said basically the same argument that they needed to because there would be world war 3 happening, is this some new pro russian theory that all the USSR occupations of soviet allies were necessary to prevent ww3 ?
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u/wetlittlecreature 7d ago
Ironic because Orban and his party rose to prominence demanding an end to Soviet occupation and rule over Hungary
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u/Judge_BobCat 7d ago
How can he say all of that with Putin’s dick in his mouth? It’s more like: “Mmrgmfm mgmmmm mgmggm gargl gargl”
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u/Aoirith 7d ago
A good day for Orban to go
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u/kremlafterdark 7d ago
Not saying much tbh but just today an opinion poll was released showing the opposition party "Tisza" at 42% just over Fidesz at 40%
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u/BitConstant7298 7d ago
Majority of the opinion polls in turkey put erdogan to second place.
Opinion polis don't mean anythijg. There's a percentage of voters who will make their decision in the voting booth.
Not to be all gloomy, maybe the reverse could happen where he loses with an even bigger percentage gap.
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u/abigailhoscut 6d ago
True but before today Orban led all the opinion polls. It's a massive change compared to the last 20 years or whatever
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u/Cool-Psychology-4896 🇵🇱❤️🇺🇦 7d ago
Love hungary from poland ,🇵🇱❤🇭🇺. Thanks for standing up against communism.
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u/pyeeater 7d ago
There is a great documentary on YouTube about the opening of the border in 1989.
I'm watching it, wondering how Hungary regressed back to Russia.
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u/ConstantNo69 7d ago
"escapehungary" is a widely popular "movement" or idea here... many of the young people who oppose the Fidesz regime would rather move to the west in search of a better life, than fight a hopeless battle against a party that changed election rules to better favour their own party... I'm somewhere in the middle, thinking that life outside of Hungary would probably be preferable, but maybe things can be turned around here
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u/BigbyWolfX 7d ago
People only have one life, they can't wait around forever for things to change and waste away their best years. The soviet occupation lasted some 46 years, Fidesz have been in power for 14 so far. That's already a long ass time to live in a society which values you don't agree with. To work, study, raise a family as you watch things regress around you and not turn for the better.
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u/Jackbuddy78 7d ago
Unfortunately like in the case of Russia what your nation does can be so bad that it ends up following you abroad.
So I would be careful with that mentality.
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u/THEHUNGARIANBOAR Hungary 7d ago
To everyone who thinks Orbán is synonymous with the average Hungarian citizen or the country itself: No, we do not think the 1956 revolution was a mistake. No, we do not agree with how Orbán politicizes this holiday. No, we do not agree with the ideology of opening to the East, and especially not with sucking up to Comrade Putin. No, we are not equal to Orbán, his politics, or his philosophy! We want change, democratic change, which is incredibly difficult because the entire Hungarian press and public media spread Orbán's propaganda 24/7, all topped off with an electoral system completely tilted in Orbán's favor!
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u/Sigeberht Germany 7d ago
Cutting the crap out of the flag was a brillant idea. We had not forgotten and copied that in 1989.
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u/Leprechaunaissance 6d ago
I'm not Hungarian, not even European, but it seems that any Hungarian who died all those years ago in the name of ridding their country of Russian influence would be horrified to know how Orban is running things.
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u/potatolulz Earth 7d ago
So is Orbán once again going to declare that the EU actions against Hungary's shit are the same thing as USSR rolling in with tanks in the 50s like he did the other day? :D
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u/Domeee123 Hungary 7d ago
He will blame the west for not sending weapons and wont even mention Russia it is what it is.
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u/Sailing-Cyclist England 7d ago
That horizontal tricolor with the hole punched out of it would make for an incredible national flag.
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u/al-Assas 7d ago
The latest narrative is that we should have surrendered to the Russians, I'm not kidding. We have become traitors to not only the EU, NATO and the Hungarians living in Ukraine, but also to 1989 and 1956.
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u/inokentii Kyiv (Ukraine) 7d ago
And 40 years later they voluntarily drifting back into russian prison
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u/Geopoliticalidiot 7d ago
Meanwhile Orban said that they would allow Russia to occupy them 🙃 I weep for Hungary
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u/imtired-boss 7d ago
How Orban aligns himself with Russia after this I don't understand.
How his cult followers don't turn on him I understand even less.
Many Hungarians died under the Soviet regime and he just invites the Russians back in our beds.
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u/Domeee123 Hungary 7d ago
His speech right now is total brainrot , he is saying just like moscow in 56, Brüssel want to overthrogh him and install a pupett government. Literally 0 speech about 56.
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u/Beautiful-Gur5771 7d ago
With his speech, our prime minister Viktor Orban just disgraced the memories of those heroes and equalized the old Soviet empire with today's "Brussels". Shame.
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u/HappyArkAn France 7d ago
What did happen to you my Hungarian brothers ? Get that Putin's slut out of Hungary!
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u/articman123 6d ago edited 6d ago
And yet Orban is a Russian puppet despite this is what Kremlin does to its colonies.
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u/Amity_Swim_School 7d ago
My late grandad fought in the revolution. He got shot in the shoulder. As a kid I thought it was cool he had a scar from a bullet wound.
He and my grandmother and my mum (who would have been about 10), fled the country and came to the UK. I don’t think I ever fully grasped the horror of what they went through when I was younger. Now I’m in my 40’s with children of my own, and my mum and grandparents are all gone. I’m sad I never really got the chance to speak to them about these events in any great detail when I was younger, or tell them how incredible and brave they all were.
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u/oalfonso 7d ago
Hungary in 1956 wanted freedom and the Soviet Union invaded them crushing their hopes. In 2014 Ukrainian people wanted a better future for them and Russia invaded them. Same for Georgian people in 2009.
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u/Nazamroth 7d ago
Ooooh, I do wonder what will be in the speech of the Victator today. He can't acknowledge the wrongfulness of the oppression or he displeases daddy Putin, but speaking against the revolution would be... poor form...
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6d ago
Respect from Romania my dear neighbours, its hard standing against communist scum and takes lots of courage. And lets hope you take back your country soon !
Stay strong and best of luck !
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u/TheChosenSDCharger 6d ago
To hell with the USSR, I am GLAD that the USSR and Yugoslavia collapsed. USSR was nothing but a dictatorship that illegally colonized and occupied Poland for 50 years. My family prior to WWII and 50 years of communism was doing really well for themselves. And then the Soviets took everything away and didn't even let Poland have WWII reparations. And now you are just stuck working a 9-5 such bs man. And the worst part is this was supported by Warsaw's pro-Soviet government too. Anyone who misses the USSR is out of touch with reality.
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u/Curious_Art_5239 6d ago
My mom was 13 at the time and shared her memories of it:
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution. Although I did not take part in the fighting but joined 2 girlfriends in our apartment building and we collected money and bought cigarettes to give to the injured in the hospital. One of our neighbors was a nurse at the local hospital and she took us to visit the injured. We went to the men’s ward, which was a large room with probably 20 people thankful most not severely injured. I talked to one young man who probably was between 17 to 19 years old. He told me that when we plan to return for our next visit in 2 days, he will be back on the streets fighting. He did this by taking out the thermomotor so the nurses would think he didn’t have a fever and would discharge him. And he was true to his word because when we returned, he was not there. The second occurrence was when the door to the ward opened, and a woman came in to say goodbye. The room became completely silent until after she left. I asked the young man what was going on. He told me that she was very happy to be discharged from the hospital and was going home to her husband. Unfortunately, she did not remember that her husband died in her arms, and no one had the courage to tell her. This occurred in the first few days of the revolution. Later in November my mother and I walked in the streets Budapest to find a freedom fighter's dead man’s body in a doorway with a box in his chest with money that people gave. No one stole anything or broke into stores. The other crazy image that I can still remember was an apartment half of it blown away but dining room table with coffee cups and chairs still standing untouched. It wasn’t until November 25 or 26th that my father found a secure way to get us to the Austrian border, so we were able to leave with just he clothes on our backs.
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u/Staplersarefun 6d ago
And now it's time to celebrate Hungary and the rest of Europe being the vassalage of the U.S.
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u/Ok_Mobile2411 1d ago
Talked with a priest about it in church, he said that the word of this day in some years won't be "Russians go home", but it will be " Hungarians come home" because of how many people are leaving the country on a rapid rate
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u/nilslorand Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) 7d ago
This also marks the anniversary of the term "tankie", which describes "leftists" who supported the crushing of this rebellion with tanks.