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71 years ago, the bloody Soviet KGB leader Lavrentiy Beria lost his chance to lead the USSR.
After Stalinʼs death in March 1953, three of his closest associates became the main contenders for the highest power in the USSR: Georgy Malenkov, Lavrentiy Beria, and Nikita Khrushchev. Malenkov received the highest state post of the head of the …