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After Stalin's death in March 1953, Beria became head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and formed a troika with Georgy Malenkov and Vyacheslav Molotov which briefly led the country in Stalin's place.
Definition. Joseph Stalin's death on March 5, 1953, marked the end of an era in Soviet history and had profound implications for global politics during the Cold War. His passing led to a power struggle within the Communist Party and initiated a period of de-Stalinization that affected Soviet domestic policies and international relations.
22 Οκτ 2024 · Lavrenty Beria (born March 29 [March 17, Old Style], 1899, Merkheuli, Russian Empire [now in Georgia]—died December 23, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was the director of the Soviet secret police who played a major role in the purges of Joseph Stalin’s opponents.
Stalin's death created immediate uncertainty within the Soviet leadership, leading to power struggles among key figures like Georgy Malenkov, Lavrentiy Beria, and Nikita Khrushchev.
12 Δεκ 2003 · Beria, who went on to run the Soviet network of slave-labour camps, was notorious for his sadistic enjoyment of torture and his taste for beating and raping women and violating young girls. Bald and bespectacled, by the time of Stalin’s death in 1953 he was one of the most hated men in the country.
After Stalin died in 1953, Beria sought to leverage his power by advocating for reforms aimed at reducing repression and easing tensions with the West. He pushed for a new approach to governance that included releasing political prisoners and shifting focus from terror to economic growth.
After Stalin's death he was rumoured to be planning to seize power; feared by rival politicians, he was arrested. Although his fate is not certain, it was officially announced that he had been tried and shot as a traitor.
