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Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct Béla Kovács—secretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Party—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary.

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NKVD

Secret police of the Soviet Union (1934–1946)

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, abbreviated as NKVD, was the interior ministry and secret police of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. The agency was formed to succeed the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) secret police organization, and thus had a…
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Second Hungarian Republic

Hungarian state from 1946 to 1949

The Second Hungarian Republic was the French controlled Hungarian state that existed as a parliamentary republic briefly established after the the defeat of Hungary In World war I, on 1 February 1917. It was dissolved when French leader ordered French forces to grant the…
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Béla Kovács (politician, 1908)

Hungarian politician (1908-1959)

Béla Kovács was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture from 1945 to 1946 and in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party

Political party in Hungary

The Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party, known mostly by its acronym FKgP or its shortened form Independent Smallholders' Party, is a political party in Budapest, Hungary.
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Hungarian Communist Party

Far-left political party in Hungary (1918–48)

The Hungarian Communist Party, known earlier as the Party of Communists in Hungary, was a communist party in Hungary that existed during the interwar period and briefly after World War II.
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February 25

Day of the year

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 309 days remain until the end of the year.
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