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Описание: Taken on the 23rd of October, 1956. People marching on the Margit bridge, carrying the flag of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. On October 23rd, 1956 protesters starting from the Budapest University of Technology demanded the removal of the "R'akosi coat of arms" from the middle of the Hungarian flag. According to many eye-witnesses, when they arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and saw the red flag on it, they started to chant “National flag on the ministry!”. Workers of the ministry substituted the red one with the tricolour flag, but with the R'akosi coat of arms on it. The crowd immediately shouted, “Not our flag!”. After this, they cut out R'akosi’s coat of arms of the flag, and the crowd followed them with pleasure. Under the collar Thus, the flag with a hole in its centre became one of the symbols of the Revolution of 1956. From that time on, several nations used the hungarian symbol of the Hole in the Flag as the symbol of revolution. Sources: Andrei Codrescu: The Hole in the Flag

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