1956: Moscow - Budapest in the context of Cold and Hot Wars.

The article explores on how the Soviet archives reflect the influence of the 1956 Hungarian revolution on Soviet politics. An analysis of the archive documents testifies that Nikita Khrushchev, the first Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, had no consolidated authority during the revolution. Meanwhile, the Presidium papers demonstrate his attempts to draft the support of each socialist country and to arrive an understanding with the leaders of China and Yugoslavia.