CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Neimarevic, Vukasin |
|---|---|
| Title | Ending the Hungarian Revolution:Imre Nagy and the Diplomatic Relations between Yugoslavia, Hungary and the Soviet Union |
| Summary | In this thesis, I analyze the diplomatic relations between Hungary, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union between 1945 and 1956, with a primary focus on the case of Imre Nagy's capture. I strive to give an answer on Yugoslav role in Nagy's arrest by arguing that Yugoslavs did not know that Nagy was going to be arrested by Soviet officials. This decade of relations was full of contradictions and risks in a foreign and domestic policy, in which socialist countries sought and struggled for a higher level of autonomy within the Eastern Bloc. While Yugoslavia succeeded in obtaining independence from the Soviet Union not long after the establishment of People's Democracies in Eastern Europe after the end of WWII during the Tito-Stalin split, other communist states, such as Hungary, obtained a higher level of autonomy much later, after Stalin's death during the liberalization processes in Eastern Bloc. However, it was a question of how far that liberalization should be allowed. The Soviet leadership was unprepared to allow another Yugoslav example in the Eastern Bloc. For the Soviet allies, Yugoslav unique way of socialism was becoming more interesting, especially after the reconciliation processes between Moscow and Belgrade. Finally, the presence of old Stalinist elements in Eastern Bloc was still high. In this triangle, Nagy sought the chance to obtain higher autonomy status for Hungary, to develop reforms of communist system, and to implement eventual Yugoslav scenario of independence, which was unacceptable for the Soviets, their allies, as well as for Yugoslavia, who wanted to preserve communism in Europe and its status in international relations. The crisis that arose during Nagy's hiding in Yugoslav embassy reveals the background of these countries relations, in which Yugoslav role showed many struggles to maintain its achieved status on the one hand, and on the other, to keep good relations with the Soviet Union. |
| Supervisor | Petrovic, Vladimir |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/neimarevic_vukasin.pdf |
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