LENIN AND THE 1919 REPUBLIC OF COUNCILS IN HUNGARY – WHY THE HUNGARIAN COMMUNE COULD NOT SURVIVE

Based on Vladimir Lenin’s ideas the ultimate way to create the new, Marxian world order leads through a series of revolutions. As the end of the First Wold War brought the collapse of the empires of Central-Europe, the new communist regime of Hungary tried to follow the path of Russia, but the short-lived Republic of Councils in Hungary had to face severe external and internal threats during its 133-day-long existence. Lenin welcomed the formation of the new government in Budapest in the spring of 1919, and sought to provide help for the Hungarian communists in their fight against the Entente armies, but due to the reality of the military situation of both Russia and Hungary it remained only a verbal support and a series of letters between the leaders.