Communist Budapest: The Guidebook
Most guidebooks largely ignore Budapest’s communist history in favour of the city’s more obvious charms. Communist Budapest: The Guidebook fills this gap and tells the fascinating story of the Hungarian capital between the Red Army’s invasion in 1944-45 and the collapse of communism in 1989.
This book is an invaluable resource for tourists, armchair travellers, and anyone interested in the history of Hungary, Central Europe or communism.
Readers can plan their own self-guided walking tours using the 16 chapters based on the most interesting areas of Budapest.
This edition includes:
- Entries covering more than 100 sights with communist associations, many of them not covered in mainstream guides, providing details of the buildings, institutions, and key events
- 55 fact boxes on a wide array of subjects connected to communist Budapest’s history including the People’s Courts, the Secret Police, the Soviet-built metro lines, the nuclear bunker designed to ensure the Party leadership’s survival, underground publishing, the 1956 Uprising, the Pioneers, the collapse of communism, the Party’s secret telephone network, and what people miss about the communist period, among others
- Another 19 boxes that illuminate the everyday lives of people under the regime such as propaganda, shopping – including the communist-era products visitors can still buy – and the dreaded compulsory Russian lessons
- 26 detailed area maps with clearly marked buildings and sights
- More than 140 period and contemporary photos and illustrations
- A timeline of the key events in communist Budapest’s history
Details
- Author: Sean Sampson
- Year of publication: 2022
- Print ISBN : 978-1916403376
- Paperback dimensions : 6 x 9 in (15.24 x 22.86 cm), 247 pages
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Paperback: Amazon US | Amazon UK
Ebook: Coming Soon