Saturday, June 26, 2021

The day that Stalin’s enforcer is forced out

On this day, June 25, 1953 the notorious and cruel Lavrentiy Beria, head of the Soviet secret police was arrested. At the time Nikita Krushchev had replaced Stalin with help from Georgy Zhukov.

After being arrested, he was tried for treason and other offences. He was sentenced to death, and executed on 23 December 1953. 

During his trial, and after his death, numerous allegations arose of Beria being a serial sexual predator. 

Beria carried out all of Stalin’s requests. He played an important role in the satellite states of the Soviet Union in the years immediately after World War II.

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