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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on October 21, 2016, 06:36:04 pm

Title: Budapest: 60 Years After The Uprising
Post by: TomSea on October 21, 2016, 06:36:04 pm

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Budapest: 60 Years After The Uprising

For a few heady days in the autumn of 1956, Hungarians rose up and retook the streets from their Soviet hegemon. Soviet troops eventually reentered Budapest and crushed the uprising. But despite their eventual defeat, the Hungarian rebels of 1956 inflicted what would come to be known as "the first tear" in the Iron Curtain. Today, the exact locations of many of the most iconic photographs of the uprising can be determined, revealing that while politics have changed, the historic streets of Budapest remain remarkably similar.

Read More At: http://www.rferl.org/a/budapest-60-years-after-uprising/28067263.html

Title: Re: Budapest: 60 Years After The Uprising
Post by: Fishrrman on October 22, 2016, 12:57:28 am

Excellent pic transpositions at the site posted.

Worth taking a look!