About the book: 2022 / The Hungarian uprising of 1956 still causes controversy in the Western and domestic political space. In this book, historian and publicist A. Kirpichenok critically examined the idea of ​​the “Hungarian Autumn” as a democratic and progressive movement against the Soviet regime. By comparing the memories of participants in the uprising and Soviet soldiers, he demonstrates the far-right, conservative nature of the Hungarian movement. The author criticizes the idea among anti-Soviet leftists of the 1956 uprising as a movement for true socialism against Stalinism and explains the reason for their misconceptions.