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Following the First World War in 1918, the area of the Hungarian kingdom was reduced to one third of its pre-war size; Hungarian territory was given over to Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Austria with minor border adjustments with Italy and Poland. At the end of Second World War, in 1945, part of Czechoslovakia's portion was ceded to the Soviet Union republic of Ukraine. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia broke into smaller republics in 1990-1992, 1993, and 2003, further fragmenting the former Hungarian territories. | Following the First World War in 1918, the area of the Hungarian kingdom was reduced to one third of its pre-war size; Hungarian territory was given over to Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Austria with minor border adjustments with Italy and Poland. At the end of Second World War, in 1945, part of Czechoslovakia's portion was ceded to the Soviet Union republic of Ukraine. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia broke into smaller republics in 1990-1992, 1993, and 2003, further fragmenting the former Hungarian territories. | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1521 - The early appearance of Protestantism<br> | 1521 - The early appearance of Protestantism<br> | ||
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1956 - 150,000 troops and 2,500 tanks entered the country from the Soviet Union and nearly 20,000 Hungarians were killed resisting the intervention, while an additional 21,600 were imprisoned afterwards for political reasons. Some 13,000 were interned and 230 brought to trial and executed. nearly a quarter of a million people fled the country by the time the revolution was suppressed<br> | 1956 - 150,000 troops and 2,500 tanks entered the country from the Soviet Union and nearly 20,000 Hungarians were killed resisting the intervention, while an additional 21,600 were imprisoned afterwards for political reasons. Some 13,000 were interned and 230 brought to trial and executed. nearly a quarter of a million people fled the country by the time the revolution was suppressed<br> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu/onkormanyzat-kajarpec_en.shtml National and Historical Symbols of Hungary] | *[http://www.nemzetijelkepek.hu/onkormanyzat-kajarpec_en.shtml National and Historical Symbols of Hungary] | ||
*[https://catholicgene.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/hungarian-genealogy-it-all-goes-back-to-the-roman-catholic-church/ Importance of Catholic Church records in Hungarian genealogy] | *[https://catholicgene.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/hungarian-genealogy-it-all-goes-back-to-the-roman-catholic-church/ Importance of Catholic Church records in Hungarian genealogy] | ||