Soviet History in Hungary

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

The abandoned military base looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.