Donovan’s Reviews > Lenin and the Myth of World Revolution: Ideology and Reasons of State, 1917-1920 > Status Update

"To complicate matters further, [Bela] Kun was very actively engaged in initiatives involving countries bordering on Hungary. ...In June 1919, the army of the new Hungarian government invaded Slovakia and set up a republic of soviets. The following month the Hungarian troops withdrew from Slovakia and the republic of soviets collapsed (its communist leaders fleeing to Hungary."