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The Great Purge ended in 1939. In October 1940 the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs), under its new chief Lavrentiy Beria, started a new purge that initially hit the People's Commissariat of Ammunition, People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry, and People's Commissariat of Armaments.
Beria and all the other defendants were sentenced to death on the day of the trial. The other six defendants – Dekanozov, Merkulov, Vlodzimirsky, Meshik, Goglidze, and Kobulov – were shot immediately after the trial ended. [86] Beria was executed separately; he allegedly pleaded on his knees before collapsing to the floor wailing. [87]
Later it has become known as Beria's amnesty, because it was initiated by March 26, 1953 Lavrenty Beria's draft. [3] Between 1.2 million [ 4 ] and 1.35 million [ 5 ] persons were freed. The amnesty was applied to:
Today was in progress; when news reached the studio at 7:47 am EST, Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric broke format and interviewed witnesses via phone. When the sun rose on the West Coast, allowing pictures of the damage to come in, they switched to a mix of audio and video reports from survivors, emergency respondents and officials.
Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster.He was best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today.His older brother was sportscaster Greg Gumbel. [1]
The Congressional Gold Medal ceremony took place just one day before America marks the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed almost 3,000 in New York City, northern ...
Stalin's office records show meetings at which Khrushchev was present as early as 1932. The two increasingly built a good relationship. Khrushchev greatly admired the dictator and treasured informal meetings with him and invitations to Stalin's dacha , while Stalin felt warm affection for his young subordinate. [ 41 ]
Beria has Rapava bury the notebook inside a toolbox in Beria's yard. Kelso is determined to find the notebook, and a librarian directs him to Beria's old address. He questions powerful politician Vladimir Mamantov, Aurora's leader and a former KGB agent; this brings Kelso to the attention of FSB Major Suvorin, who has him followed.