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The end of the Second World War along with the total defeat of Germany and its satellites brought a new ordering of Europe, where the countries of Central and Southeast Europe, without regard for whether they belonged among the victors or the vanquished, fell into the sphere of the Soviet Union’s influence. In significant ways, this new geopolitical situation influenced the radical social and political changes that were taking place in these countries, as well as their internal and foreign policies. Along with their northern, southern and eastern neighbors, Hungary also became part of the Soviet’s sphere of interest. The implementation of the process of Sovietization manifested within the internal politics of Hungary was manifested through a gradual constriction of political alternatives from limiting pluralism all the way to establishing a Stalinist dictatorship.