"Scripture says, "Christ knew what he was going to do." But today some people argue, "maybe so, maybe then Christ knew what to do, but if he was here in our modern world, he wouldn't have a clue what to do - he wasn't very educated." Actually it's the total opposite. The first people who came to earth were very learned; the next were a little bit more stupid, and now we are the stupidest. A reverse process of evolution: The first who came created the Earth; the second created only the gardens; the third came out of paradise and learned to plough; the fourth learned how to fight, and the fifth learned laziness. That is what I call today's culture, the culture of spiritual laziness. Every man goes to work in a hurry to get rich and when he gets it, becomes lazy and wants to live in the lap of luxury... Resolutely stand and say that henceforth I will serve boldly and unselfishly... we should all be bearers of a new culture and not be ashamed. I want you all to know what you have to do." (Dunov, 1925)
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Built as the birthday present to Stalin on his seventieth birthday (December 21st, 1949), the Stalin Monument in Budapest has become the iconic scene of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956.
The monument was erected on the edge of Városliget, the city park of Budapest. The large monument stood 25 meters tall in total. The bronze statue stood eight meters high on a four meters high limestone base on top of a tribune eighteen meters wide.
Stalin was portrayed as a speaker, standing tall and rigid with his right hand at his chest. The sides of the tribune were decorated with relief sculptures depicting the Hungarian people welcoming their leader. The monument not only demonstrated Stalin’s power, but the power of the Hungarian Working People’s Party as well.
On October 23, 1956, around two hundred thousand Hungarians gathered in Budapest to demonstrate in sympathy for the Poles who had just gained political reform during the Polish October.
The monument was erected on the edge of Városliget, the city park of Budapest. The large monument stood 25 meters tall in total. The bronze statue stood eight meters high on a four meters high limestone base on top of a tribune eighteen meters wide.
Stalin was portrayed as a speaker, standing tall and rigid with his right hand at his chest. The sides of the tribune were decorated with relief sculptures depicting the Hungarian people welcoming their leader. The monument not only demonstrated Stalin’s power, but the power of the Hungarian Working People’s Party as well.
On October 23, 1956, around two hundred thousand Hungarians gathered in Budapest to demonstrate in sympathy for the Poles who had just gained political reform during the Polish October.
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On October 23, 1956, around two hundred thousand Hungarians gathered in Budapest to demonstrate in sympathy for the Poles who had just gained political reform during the Polish October. The Hungarians broadcast sixteen demands over the radio, one of them being the dismantling of Stalin’s statue.
A hundred thousand Hungarian revolutionaries demolished the Stalin statue, leaving only his boots, in which they planted a Hungarian flag.
The bronze inscribed name of the Hungarians’ leader, teacher and “best friend” was ripped off from the pedestal. Before the toppling of the statue, someone had placed a sign over Stalin’s mouth that read “Russians, when you run away don’t leave me behind!”. The revolutionaries chanted “Russia go home!” while pulling down the statue. “W.C.” and other insulting remarks were scrawled over the fragmented parts of the statue.
A hundred thousand Hungarian revolutionaries demolished the Stalin statue, leaving only his boots, in which they planted a Hungarian flag.
The bronze inscribed name of the Hungarians’ leader, teacher and “best friend” was ripped off from the pedestal. Before the toppling of the statue, someone had placed a sign over Stalin’s mouth that read “Russians, when you run away don’t leave me behind!”. The revolutionaries chanted “Russia go home!” while pulling down the statue. “W.C.” and other insulting remarks were scrawled over the fragmented parts of the statue.
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“[The demonstrators] placed […] a thick steel rope around the neck of the 25-metre tall Stalin’s statue while other people, arriving in trucks with oxygen cylinders and metal cutting blowpipes, were setting to work on the statue’s bronze shoes. […] An hour later the statue fell down from its pedestal.”
The site of the former Stalin Monument is now occupied by the Monument of the 1956 Revolution, completed in 2006 for the 50th anniversary of the historic event.
A life-sized copy of the tribune was built in Budapest’s Statue Park with the broken bronze shoes on top of the pedestal in 2006. This is not an accurate copy of the original but only an artistic recreation by sculptor Ákos Eleőd.
The site of the former Stalin Monument is now occupied by the Monument of the 1956 Revolution, completed in 2006 for the 50th anniversary of the historic event.
A life-sized copy of the tribune was built in Budapest’s Statue Park with the broken bronze shoes on top of the pedestal in 2006. This is not an accurate copy of the original but only an artistic recreation by sculptor Ákos Eleőd.
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"You may be dissatisfied with others, but others are likewise dissatisfied with you. For example many angels are unhappy with people. Sometimes, the Angels who are so advanced in their culture, develop an aversion to mankind, a strong desire for God to allow them to erase this humanity, to let them create something better. God tells them to wait for a bit. Now, if you ask me what angels are doing, I will tell you that they are sharpening their fiery knives. And when they come to Earth from above, in one minute this whole 'modern culture' will be reduced to ash. They, without any weapons, will crack men out of their shells, and all will follow them humbly, as whole regiments of soldiers follow their leader in silence. That will be it! And the Kings, and the Bishops, and the Patriarchs, and the Preachers, all these great men who have lied to the world, all those lies 'in the name of God', from the past until the present - a single Cross will be put over this false culture. This will happen!" (Dunov, 1925)
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Planning of the building started after the 19th-century unification of Budapest
Budapest has an extended history, starting as a Celtic community that was transformed into the ancient Roman city of Aguincum. The Hungarians didn’t arrive in the region until the late 9th century.
The main city that was established was Buda, one of the most thriving cities in Europe during the Renaissance in the 15th century. The modern-day city of Budapest was eventually established in 1873 following the unification of 3 cities called Buda, Óbuda, and Pest.
The city carried quite some weight back then as it was the co-capital of the huge Austro-Hungarian Empire, a status it lost following World War I in 1918.
It was in this period in the late 19th century that the plans to build a new structure which was to become the main meeting place for the National Assembly of Hungary.
Budapest has an extended history, starting as a Celtic community that was transformed into the ancient Roman city of Aguincum. The Hungarians didn’t arrive in the region until the late 9th century.
The main city that was established was Buda, one of the most thriving cities in Europe during the Renaissance in the 15th century. The modern-day city of Budapest was eventually established in 1873 following the unification of 3 cities called Buda, Óbuda, and Pest.
The city carried quite some weight back then as it was the co-capital of the huge Austro-Hungarian Empire, a status it lost following World War I in 1918.
It was in this period in the late 19th century that the plans to build a new structure which was to become the main meeting place for the National Assembly of Hungary.
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The design of the structure was determined through an international architectural competition. The winner was a Hungarian architect named Imre Steindl (1839-1902).
Building this enormous structure was an enormous endeavor, so much that it took 19 years to complete between 1885 and 1904. The structure was already inaugurated in 1896, though, the supposedly 1000th anniversary of the country.
A labor force of 100,000 was involved to cement the 40 million bricks together. The building was elaborately finished with about half a million precious stones and 40 kilograms (88 lb) of gold.
It has a length of 268 meters (879 feet) and a width of 123 meters (404 feet). The central dome reaches a height of 96 meters (314 feet), making it one of the tallest structures in the city.
This number 96 isn’t an accident as well because this is a reference to the establishment of the country in the year 896, an event that resulted in the conquest of what ended up becoming the Kingdom of Hungary.
Building this enormous structure was an enormous endeavor, so much that it took 19 years to complete between 1885 and 1904. The structure was already inaugurated in 1896, though, the supposedly 1000th anniversary of the country.
A labor force of 100,000 was involved to cement the 40 million bricks together. The building was elaborately finished with about half a million precious stones and 40 kilograms (88 lb) of gold.
It has a length of 268 meters (879 feet) and a width of 123 meters (404 feet). The central dome reaches a height of 96 meters (314 feet), making it one of the tallest structures in the city.
This number 96 isn’t an accident as well because this is a reference to the establishment of the country in the year 896, an event that resulted in the conquest of what ended up becoming the Kingdom of Hungary.
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Throughout the history of the world, camouflage has been used to prevent an enemy from noticing a hidden object. A tank can camouflage itself between trees and the surrounding terrain, a submarine can lurk beneath the waves, but what about camouflaging a ship?
Dazzle camouflage (also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting) is a military camouflage painting scheme that was used on ships as early as World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II.
The idea is attributed to British artist Norman Wilkinson, who came up with the idea in 1917 when German submarine attacks on British ships seemed unstoppable.
Dazzle camouflage (also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting) is a military camouflage painting scheme that was used on ships as early as World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II.
The idea is attributed to British artist Norman Wilkinson, who came up with the idea in 1917 when German submarine attacks on British ships seemed unstoppable.
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