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The Vix Mission in Hungary, 1918-1919: A Re-examination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

Peter Pastor
Peter Pastor*
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Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey
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Late in October 1918, in the shadow of impending defeat, nationalist revolutions rocked the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the time the Austro-Hungarian representatives signed the Padua Armistice on November 3, imperial authority no longer existed in the Dual Monarchy. In Hungary the revolution of October 30 brought to power a coalition government led by the liberal pacifist, Mihaly Karolyi. The coalition included the Karolyi-led Independence Party, the Social Democrats, and the Radicals of Oszkar Jaszi. This revolutionary government's aim was to liquidate the semifeudal remnants of the old order by introducing democratic, political, and social reforms.

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Slavic Review , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 1970 , pp. 481 - 498
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Copyright © Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. 1970

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