Hungarian Communist Party

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The Hungarian Communist Party (Hungarian: Magyar Kommunista Párt, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈkomːuniʃtɒ ˈpaːrt], abbr. MKP), known earlier as the Party of Communists in Hungary (Hungarian: Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja, pronounced [ˈkomːuniʃtaːk ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡi ˈpaːrcɒ], abbr. KMP), was a Marxist-Leninist and Stalinist political party in Hungary that existed during the interwar period and briefly after World War II. It was founded on November 24, 1918, as Party of Communists in Hungary, and was in power between March and August 1919 when Béla Kun ran the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic. The communist government was later overthrown by the Romanian Army, Kun was exiled to Vienna and later he and many other communists moved to Moscow. During those years, membership was becoming smaller every year. During World War II the party changed its name to the Peace Party, but only a year later in 1944, they embraced a new name which they would hold until 1948. After the war, they regained power, and...

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