Victor hungary's recent history, you could argue, starts with the hungarian revolution in 19 56. The soviet union captured most of eastern europe, including hungary, and they kept it as a soviet socialized turned it completelycommonist,. o one party state. It was a commonesstate, no freedom, vulgar selections. In 19 51 and 52, thousands of people were deported to the mines, state farms, or concentration camps. My mother's first husband was arrested, and we were terrified to be deported to the country. He drove many to suicide. That was one of the defining moments in the cold war.