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1 day ago · Under the forced exchange of population between Czechoslovakia and Hungary, approximately 73,000 Slovaks left Hungary. After these population movements Hungary became an ethnically almost homogeneous country except the rapidly growing number of Romani people in the second half of the 20th century.
2 days ago · Today Hungary is wholly Budapest-centred. The capital dominates the country both by the size of its population—which dwarfs those of Hungary’s other cities—and by the concentration within its borders of most of the country’s scientific, scholarly, and artistic institutions.
5 days ago · Moreover, the country has a homogeneous society, with foreigners accounting only for a marginal share of the population. This text provides general information.
Sep 5, 2024 · Introduction. Background. Hungary became a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 and for many centuries served as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion in Europe. The kingdom eventually became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under communist rule after World War II.
1 day ago · About 2 million Hungarians live in areas that were part of the Kingdom of Hungary before the Treaty of Trianon in 1920 and are now parts of Hungary's seven neighbouring countries, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Austria.
4 days ago · The modern political system in Hungary contained elements of autocracy throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, but in the period between 1867 and 1948 it had a functioning parliament with a multiparty system and a relatively independent judiciary.
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1 day ago · Main articles: Hungary during the Second World War, Government of National Unity (Hungary), and History of the Jews in Hungary § The Holocaust. Hungarian Arrow Cross army/militia and a German Tiger II tank in Budapest, October 1944. During World War II, the Kingdom of Hungary was a member of the Axis powers.
