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Romania: 1956 in Csikszereda

Thursday, October 26th, 2006 @ 16:55 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Hungary, Romania
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Diaspora, Ethnicity, History, Human Rights, Protest, International Relations, Politics

Csikszereda Musings writes about the events of 1956 in a Romanian town with a sizable Hungarian community.

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