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Beria, Lavrenty P.

1899- 1953

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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Malenkov, Georgii Maksimilianovich

1901- 1988

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Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich

1890- 1986

Anastas Mikoyan in 1959

Mikoyan, Anastas Ivanovich

1895- 1978

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich

1883- 1954

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin and the Cold War

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Uyghur man in Xinjiang

China

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

China and the Soviet Union in Xinjiang, 1934-1949

Post-Stalin Succession Struggle

Sino-Soviet Relations

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

Japan's Itsukushima Shrine

East Asia

Japan

Making of the Sino-Soviet Alliance, 1945-1950

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Planning for Post-War Japan

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Eastern Europe

Hungary

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January 25, 1946	Notes on the discussion between I.V. Kurchatov, lead scientist for the Soviet nuclear effort, and Stalin Kurchatov's notes on his meeting with Stalin, Molotov and Beria. Stalin promises the all necessary help to the soviet effort to build an atomic bomb. He suggests that the project should be build on "a Russian scale," without concerns for cost saving.
July 1, 1953	Letter from Lavrentiy Beria to Georgii Malenkov Reflecting on the Events of Spring 1953 (Excerpt) Letter from Beria to Malenkov discussing the events which took place in East Germany in the spring of 1953. Beria also discusses his actions after Stalin's death, asking for the forgiveness of the CPSU CC Politburo.
July 2, 1953	Transcript of the CPSU CC Plenum Meetings Regarding Beria’s Views on the German Question Malenkov, Khrushchev, and Mologov express negative opinions about Beria’s proposals about the ‘German question,’ accusing him of sympathizing with the ‘imperialist’ side in his plan for a neutral Germany. Bulganin accuses Beria of threatening the positions of the current Ministers in the Presidium if they rejected his ‘bourgeois’ proposals.
November 28, 1945	Beria’s Cover Memo to Stalin on Niels Bohr Memo to Stalin discussing Beria’s efforts to obtain information from physicist Niels Bohr about development of the atomic bomb.
April 21, 1953	Memorandum from L.P. Beria to G.M. Malenkov and to the Presidium of the CC CPSU Question regarding Soviet role in falsifying evidence of American biological weapons.
January 31, 1955	Central Committee Plenum of the CPSU Ninth Session, Morning The Soviet leadership discusses the state of Soviet foreign affairs. Khrushchev reviews Soviet policy after Stalin's death, blaming Molotov and Malenkov for mistakes in Soviet policy towards Germany. The role of executed Soviet leader Lavrentii Beria is also discussed.
March 20, 1956	Speech by Comrade Khrushchev at the 6th PUWP CC Plenum, Warsaw Speech by Comrade Khrushchev at the 6th PUWP CC Plenum, 20 March 1956, Warsaw explaining the changes since the death of Stalin and criticizing Stalin
July 1, 1953	Letter from Beria to Malenkov, 1 July 1953 Letter from Beria to Malenkov, 1 July 1953, taking blame for his inappropriate actions.
March 11, 1949	Note, V. Molotov to Cde. Stalin The Soviet Commission on Korea prepared an official agreement between the USSR and DPRK, which gives the DPRK credit to purchase Soviet military equipment and materials.
March 5, 1953	CPSU CC Protocol, 'Record of Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the CPSU Central Committee Plenum, the Council of Ministers of the Union of the SSR, and the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR' This protocol concerns the meeting of the CPSU Presidium & Soviet Council of Ministers as Stalin was about to die.