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  2. Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin - Wikipedia

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    After Stalin's death, Patriarch Alexy I composed a personal statement of condolence to the Soviet Council of Ministers: "His death is a heavy grief for our Fatherland and for all the people who inhabit it. The whole Russian Orthodox Church, which will never forget his benevolent attitude to Church needs, feels great sorrow at his death.

  3. Georgy Zhukov - Wikipedia

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    After Stalin's death, Zhukov returned to favor, becoming Deputy Defence Minister in 1953. He then had an opportunity to avenge himself on Beria. With Stalin's sudden death, the Soviet Union fell into a leadership crisis. Georgy Malenkov temporarily became First Secretary. Malenkov and his allies attempted to purge Stalin's influence and ...

  4. The Death of Stalin - Wikipedia

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    The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by David Schneider and Ian Martin with Peter Fellows. . Based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline (2010–2012), the film depicts the internal social and political power struggle among the members of the Soviet Politburo following the death of leader Joseph Stalin ...

  5. Kremlin Wall Necropolis - Wikipedia

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    The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in Moscow beside the Kremlin Wall. [1] Burials there began in November 1917, when 240 pro-Bolsheviks who died during the Moscow Bolshevik Uprising were buried in mass graves.

  6. History of the Soviet Union (1953–1964) - Wikipedia

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    Several Soviet generals went on to accuse Zhukov of "egomania", "shameless self-aggrandizement", and of tyrannical behaviour during WWII. Zhukov was expelled from his post as defense minister and forced into retirement from the military on the grounds of his "advanced age" (he was 62). Marshal Rodin Malinovsky took Zhukov's place as defense ...

  7. Wall of Grief - Wikipedia

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    The Wall of Grief was built on an old parking lot at the busy intersection of Garden Ring Road and Academician Sakharov Avenue in central Moscow. [2] [5] Georgy Frangulyan, the designer of the monument who spent two years working on its creation, [2] noted that the Wall of Grief is "an expression of feelings, of fear and alarm", rather than a "representative" work of art. [5]

  8. Race to Berlin - Wikipedia

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    The Race to Berlin was a competition between Soviet Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Ivan Konev to be the first to enter Berlin during the final months of World War II in Europe.. In early 1945, with Germany's defeat inevitable, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin set his two marshals in a race to capture Berlin. [1]

  9. Death dates of victims of the Great Purge - Wikipedia

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    30 Ivan Akulov, Mikhail Chudov, Mendel Khatayevich, Aleksei Kiselyov, Alexander Krinitsky, Vladimir Polonsky, Mikhail Razumov, Alexander Shotman, Avel Yenukidze, [8] Ivan Zhukov. November. 1 Kuzebay Gerd, Milan Gorkic, Gustaw Henrykowski. 4 Alexandru Dobrogeanu-Gherea. 8 Mikhail Vasilyev-Yuzhin. 10 Lev Shubnikov