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Burgenland
Burgenland , province (1991 pop. 270,880), 1,530 sq mi (3,963 sq km), E Austria. The capital is Eisenstadt . It is a narrow, hilly region bordering Slovakia in the northeast and Hungary in the east, and it is indented by Neusiedler Lake. It is primarily agricultural, but industry and tourism are... Read more |
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Treaty of Trianon
Treaty of Trianon 1920, agreement following World War I in which the Allies disposed of Hungarian territories. The internal chaos in Hungary that followed the dissolution (1918) of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy delayed the signing of a peace treaty with the Allies of World War I (excluding the... Read more |
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Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy or Dual Monarchy, the Hapsburg empire from 1867 until its fall in 1918. The Nature of Austria-Hungary The reorganization of Austria and Hungary was made possible by the Ausgleich [compromise] of 1867, a constitutional compromise between Hungarian aspirations for... Read more |
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Saint Margaret
Margaret, St (c.1045–93), queen of Malcolm III of Scotland. Mother of Kings Edgar, Alexander, and David. Her father Edward, son of Edmund Ironside, was exiled from England by Cnut, and ultimately found refuge in Hungary, where Margaret was born. Hungary had only recently converted to... Read more |
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Imre Nagy
Imre Nagy , 1896-1958, Hungarian Communist leader. Nagy was a symbol of the 1956 Hungarian revolt against the Soviet Union. As an agricultural expert he held several government posts in postwar Hungary before serving (1953-55) as premier. His "new course" de-emphasized heavy industry, stopped... Read more |
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Central Powers
Central Powers in World War I , the coalition of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.... Read more |
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Congress of Berlin
Congress of Berlin 1878, called by the signers of the Treaty of Paris of 1856 (see Paris, Congress of ) to reconsider the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano , which Russia had forced on the Ottoman Empire earlier in 1878. Great Britain and Austria-Hungary were the powers most insistent on... Read more |
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Arpad
Arpad , c.840-907?, chief of the Magyars. He led his people into Hungary c.895. The leaders of the Magyars and the first dynasty of Hungarian kings (St. Stephen I to Andrew III) were of the house of Arpad (see Hungary ).... Read more |
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Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen or Stephen I, 975-1038, duke (997-1001) and first king (1001-38) of Hungary, called the Apostle of Hungary. The Hungarian state may be said to date from his reign. Because he continued the Christianization policy of his father, Duke Geza, and followed a pro-German policy, he had... Read more |
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Mohacs
Mohács , town (1991 est. pop. 20,325), S Hungary, on the Danube. It is an important river port and railroad terminus and has metallurgical and timber industries. Mohács is best known for the crushing defeat (Aug. 29, 1526) there of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia by Sulayman I of... Read more |
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Transylvania
...Austrian province. In 1867, Hungary reasserted its authority. After World War I, Hungary ceded the territory to Romania...of other nationalities. Hungary annexed part of Transylvania...War 2, but was forced to return it in 1947. Transylvania... |
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Ruthenia
...including its capital, to Hungary (see Map 49). In March 1939...independent Carpatho-Ukraine, but Hungary reasserted its claim to the...Stalin had pointed towards a return of Ruthenia to Czechoslovakia...bridge to Czechoslovakia and Hungary. Paul ... |
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Lukács, Georg
...the philosophical influence of Hegel. After years in Hungary, Vienna (where he wrote his major work of Marxist political...After a period in exile in Romania, he was allowed to return to Hungary as a private scholar, devoting himself to a long work... |
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Edward
...to the childless Edward. Godwine's return prompted reaction. Robert of Jumièges...circumstances at Easter 1053, not long after his return. He is said to have declared on solemn...Harold on an embassy, and recalling from Hungary his own nephew and namesake Edward the... |
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Edward the Atheling
...the Exile’. Mystery surrounds the return of Edward the Atheling to England in...exile, but in fact he was well treated in Hungary, and married a royal princess, Agatha...Negotiations were set on foot for his return by an embassy sent out in 1054, but he... |
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Single‐Tax Movement
...1871 pamphlet and then in Progress and Poverty (1879), to return the profits of growth to society by imposing a uniform land...States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Denmark, and Hungary. The Single Tax was opposed by economists, who thought it... |
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Clinton, Bill
...U.S. occupation force landed peacefully and ensured the return of Haiti's democratically elected president. In the Bosnian...sex scandal. In March 1999, he brought the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland into NATO. In the Balkans, Clinton announced... |
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Hirsch, John Stephen
...Stefan Hirsch] (1930–89), Canadian director, born in Hungary. He emigrated to Canada in 1947 and after graduating from the...1964 and Frisch's Andorra in 1965, and on one of his many return visits he directed his own adaptation of Ansky's The Dybbuk... |
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Hungary
...outside Hungary.Interwar Hungary was therefore dominated by a...advance of the Romanian army into Hungary's historic heartland, Transylvania...1944, German troops occupied Hungary to force the creation of a more...Nagy in 1953. Rákosi's ... |
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Vienna Awards
...of 2 November 1938 returned to Hungary the region of Felvidék in southern...Vienna Award of 30 August 1940, Hungary gained some two-thirds of the...disputed Transylvania from Romania. Hungary was obliged to return the territorial gains made in... |
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Rákosi, Mátyás
...1971). Prime Minister of Hungary 1952–3 Born in Ada, he became...whose leader he returned to Hungary after its liberation from German...the main political power in Hungary. He thus engineered the 1948...forced by the Soviet Union to return into exile there. |
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World War I
...coreligionists against Catholic Austria-Hungary. German military leaders, particularly...attempts by Europe's military leaders to return to a war of maneuver by rupturing the...pre-war pact with Germany and Austro-Hungary to join the Allies in 1915, by the end... |
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Edward
...degree of Normanization. Godwine's return prompted reaction. Robert of Jumièges...circumstances at Easter 1053, not long after his return. After Godwine's death, Edward affirmed...Harold on an embassy, and recalling from Hungary his own nephew and namesake Edward the... |
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Trieste
...Trieste The only major port of Austria-Hungary, it had been part of Austrian territory...Although the Allies had promised to return the city to Italy, they did not want...had ceased to exist. He demanded the return of Italian property from Yugoslavia... |
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Edward the Atheling
...the Exile’. Mystery surrounds the return of Edward the Atheling to England in 1057...conquest of England. He was well treated in Hungary, and married a royal princess, Agatha. Negotiations were set on foot for his return by an embassy sent out in 1054, but he... |
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Israel
Israel The idea of a return of Jews to Palestine, whence they had...as well as in Germany and Austria-Hungary. The idea was propagated most successfully...Palestine of Ottoman Turkish rule. In return, it scored a major diplomatic success... |
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Yugoslavia
...Croats, and Slovenes, from the former Slavic provinces of AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina), together with Serbia...international peacekeeping force to enable the Albanian majority to return. |
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Hungarian Revolution
...Communist Party created an atmosphere of hope and patriotism in Hungary, a country that had been plagued by violent repression and arbitrary...demonstration by university students for democratization and the return of Nagy as Communist Party leader by opening fire on the crowd... |
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Mot: Alonso chasing victorious return to Hungary
...Alonso chasing victorious return to Hungary LONDON, Aug 9 Reuters - Spaniard...dominance of Formula One when he returns to the scene of his maiden...Grand Prix winner with his Hungary triumph but hasyet to add...confident because we were fast in ... |
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Return to Hungary.(WORLD)(EMBASSY ROW)
...Morrison, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Return to Hungary The Hungarian ambassador is returning...Jeszenszky came to Washington in 1998, Hungary had rejected socialism. It would...over the political forturnes in Hungary. "I belong to a political tradition... |
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Ralf Schumacher hopes a return at Hungary GP
Ralf Schumacher hopes a return at Hungary GP LONDON, July 10 (Xinhua...hopes to be back in action at the Hungary Grand Prix in mid August, his Williams...thinks he can be back in the car at Hungary. I don't know if the doctors support... |
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PATAKI CONSIDERS RETURN TO HUNGARY.(CAPITAL REGION)
...ALBANY -- Gov. George Pataki said Thursday that he may return to Hungary later this month to participate in ceremonies marking...whose paternal grandfather and grandmother came from Hungary, visited the central European nation last year. He... |
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A Family Returns to Hungary: The Gates of Recollection.
...Pogany, Eugene L. A Family Returns to Hungary: The Gates of Recollection. Memory...journey with my entire family to Hungary. My brother, sister and I with...that my parents' last days in Hungary in 1944-45 were indescribably... |
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BACK IN STYLE: VOLUNTARY PENSIONS RETURN IN HUNGARY.
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Voluntary pension funds are coming back into vogue in Hungary, but with a new twist. Instead of being sold...introduced last year as part of a complete overhaul of Hungary's pension system. But the window for Hungarian... |
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KING, QUEEN RETURN FROM HUNGARY, UK VISITS
...Jordan Times", King Abdullah and Queen Rania returned home after a working visit to Hungary and the United Kingdom. In Budapest, discussed with Hungary's President Laszlo Solyom and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany ways to develop bilateral... |
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JORDAN: KING, QUEEN RETURN FROM HUNGARY, UK VISITS.
...Jordan Times", King Abdullah and Queen Rania returned home after a working visit to Hungary and the United Kingdom. In Budapest, discussed with Hungary's President Laszlo Solyom and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany ways to develop bilateral... |
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Bitterly divisive politics fuel Budapest unrest; As calm returns, Hungary's...
...Logan Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor BUDAPEST, HUNGARY -- Many explanations have been put forward to explain the...is likely to emerge unscathed, what's really at stake is Hungary's teenage democracy. "With the credibility of both Gyurcsany... |
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Football: JOHN'S BACK IS REALLY UP; Hartson returns Hungary as ever and...
...outing. The striker has also promised O'Neill that he will return to action the fittest he has ever been in his nine years in...OLD ROUTINE; Hartson wasn't afraid to get stuck in on his return to action against Partick Thistle reserves yesterday |
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