In 1951 the family began to live in Moscow when Yuri Andropov was assigned to the central committee of the party. From 1954 to 1957 Yuri Andropov served as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Soviet Union to Hungary. Tatyana and their children accompanied him. In the late October 1956 extensive protests against the Soviet Union occurred in Budapest, and the residence of Andropovs was besieged by the protestors which had negative long-term effects on Tatyana's health. She left Budapest, but returned there after two months. As a result of this incident Tatyana would experience hypertension and suffer from acute headaches during her lifetime. In addition, since then, she was terrified of crowds and open spaces.