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Beria, Lavrenty P.

1899- 1953

Post-Stalin Succession Struggle

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

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

Nikita Khrushchev at the UNGA, 1962.

Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich

1894- 1971

Soviet Foreign Policy

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC)

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Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich

1895- 1975

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Eastern Europe

Hungary

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

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Poland

Ukrainian Motherland Monument, Kyiv

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Ukraine

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Great Britain

London

East German Uprising

Nikita Khrushchev Collection

A photo of Joseph Stalin from 1943

Stalin and the Cold War

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October 2, 1944	Letter from Boris Merkulov (USSR People’s Commissar for State Security) to Lavrenty Beria (USSR People’s Commissar for Internal Affairs) Letter from Merkulov to Beria regarding the KGB’s efforts to obtain information about the creation of the atomic bomb and specifically about the related problems with uranium
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.
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 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.