The violence subsisted , however , as pro-Nagy communists and various nationalist factions engineered purges of pro-Soviet party members in the city .
Soviet troops , unprepared for the strength of the revolutionary forces , arranged a ceasefire on October 28 , and began to retreat from the city .
The violence subsisted , however , as pro-Nagy communists and various nationalist factions engineered purges of Soviet party members in the city .
Soviet troops , unprepared for the strength of the revolutionary forces , arranged a ceasefire on October 28 , and began to retreat from the city .