Beria

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Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953)

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For a long time I've been telling Stalin that Beria is a crook but Stalin won't listen. Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze

Abakumov was the head of SMERSH from 1943 to 1946; his relationship with Beria was marked by close collaboration (since Abakumov owed his rise to Beria's support and esteem), but also by rivalry. Source: Internet

After dining, Beria would take the women into his soundproofed office and rape them. Source: Internet

Alliluyeva noticed how the Politburo seemed openly frightened of Beria and unnerved by his bold display of ambition. Source: Internet

As Khrushchev and other high officials stood weeping by Stalin's bedside, Beria raced from the room, shouting for his car.sfn Khrushchev reflected on Stalin in his memoirs: Stalin called everyone who didn't agree with him an "enemy of the people." Source: Internet

Amazingly, the physicist Pyotr Kapitsa refused to work with Beria even after he gave him a hunting rifle as a gift. Source: Internet

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