Hungarian Soviet Republic

The Hungarian Soviet Republic was the political regime in Hungary from March 21, 1919 until the beginning of August of the same year, and it is the second Communist (or soviet) government in world history, after the one in Russia (1917).

Foreign policy

Kun attempted to spread communist revolution to neighboring regions that had previously belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. After his military victory over the Czechoslovak army, on June 8 American President Wilson demanded a halt to the Hungarian Red Army's advances and invited the Hungarian government to Paris to discuss Hungary's frontiers. Kun believed that the Soviet Russian government would intervene on Hungary's behalf and that the worldwide workers' revolution would spread from East toward West. A spurious Slovak Soviet Republic was proclaimed on June 16, in the southern and eastern Slovakia.

Related Topics:
Kingdom of Hungary - June 8 - American President Wilson - Paris - Worldwide workers' revolution - Slovak Soviet Republic - June 16 - Slovakia

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