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Hungary HUNGARY UNDER THE HABSBURGS
The Habsburgs ruled autocratically on almost all
questions
except taxation and relegated Hungary to the status of a
colony,
a factor that, together with other factors, stifled
economic
development. After more than a century of stagnation, the
lesser
nobles, under increasing economic pressure and prompted by
nascent Hungarian nationalism, pressed for reform. The
crescendo
of discontent climaxed in the March 1948 revolution.
Russian
troops quashed the rebellion, enabling Austrian emperor
Franz
Joseph to impose absolute control for almost two decades.
Data as of September 1989
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