Méray's book about Nagy, who was prime minister during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and later became a martyr to its cause, has personal significance - the author was forced to leave Hungary after the failed revolution because he supported Nagy.
Méray told Russians and Hungarians at the book launch that this was his fifth visit to Moscow, though the previous one was in 1953. He added that he had never dreamt his book would be published in Hungarian, let alone in Russia.
Before Méray spoke, the journalist Gábor Murányi outlined his career and the historian and economist Viktor Sheynis spoke about the role of the Soviets in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
A concert by students at Moscow's Tchaikovsky Conservatory rounded the evening out.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
