The last Soviet soldier leaving headquarters in Hungary – VIDEO
The moment when the very last Soviet soldiers left their Hungarian headquarters on June 19, 1991, aired on national television for the first time. The recordings were made by László Zámbó, who sat in his Trabant and immortalized the moment that the whole country waited decades for.
László Zámbó recorded the last Soviet trucks leaving Budapest, and also the troops’ commander, Viktor Silov leaving his mansion. The videos aired on RTL Klub on Saturday night, reports hvg.hu.
During the show in which the videos were shown, the man said he waited for two nights and almost three whole days so he could record the historical moments.
RTL Klub tried to get in contact with him, but the ex-soldier did not want to give them an interview.
The then-Prime Minister, Miklós Németh, came to an agreement with Mihail Gorbacsov about the decades-long “temporarily” stationing Russian troops’ withdrawal in March 1989, but they did not go public with the decision.
The first 10,000 soldiers left Hungary in March that same year, and a year later an official agreement was reached, which stated that all soldiers and vehicles would leave the country.
In the video, after introducing the topic, they talk about the famous Hungarian song “Bye-Bye Szása,” which was inspired by these events. After that, they interviewed people, such as Miklós Németh, who was the Prime Minister at the time and asked about what memories they have of the “temporary residency” of the Soviets and Russians.
Throughout the video, many recordings of Hungary at the time are shown. They also explain that the Russians came here during the Second World War, then in 1956 more came to fight off the Hungarian resistance. And although there was an agreement that they would only stay temporarily, they were here for over three decades.
We can see the soldiers leaving in the video around 5:30 as well as the conditions they left. At 8:40 we can see Viktor Silov turning back at his gate, before finally leaving his mansion – and Hungary.
Featured image: László Zámbó / RTL Klub Fókusz Plusz
Source: https://hvg.hu/
A wonderful and happy moment for Hungary after such a long time in the grips of Communism. It is a pitty that a recording isn’t in the process of being made of Gyurcsány and his wife leaving Hungary along with his hypocritical party members. Leaving Hungary in peace so that people can get on with their lives.