They were afraid of losing control of eastern Europe.
The Soviets feared that moves toward independence or self-government would weaken their hold on the other satellite countries in eastern Europe. By acting decisively against Hungary, they sought to intimidate the other countries within the Soviet bloc. The strength of the USSR depended on controlling the populace and the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries.
In response to NATO, the Soviets created the Warsaw pact, a military alliance between European communist states like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
When Hungary withdrew from the Warsaw Pact in 1956, Russian troops invaded the country and deposed its government. The Russians set up a new government and executed those it believed responsible for the uprising.
The Soviets feared that moves toward independence or self-government would weaken their hold on the other satellite countries in eastern Europe. By acting decisively against Hungary, they sought to intimidate the other countries within the Soviet bloc. The strength of the USSR depended on controlling the populace and the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries.
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The US was part of NATO, the Soviets were WARSAW PACT.
They were afraid of losing control of eastern Europe.
The soviets used the Warsaw Pact to improve appearance's so that it would appear decisions were being made by more then one country, that there was cohesiveness among Eastern European countries that the Soviets had legitimate reasons for their presence in those countries.