Beria Arrested at a Presidium Meeting of the Soviet Communist Party
113 days after Stalin's death, Marshal Zhukov led officers into the meeting venue and arrested Beria on the spot; he was executed later that December.
113 days after Stalin's death, Marshal Zhukov led officers into the meeting venue and arrested Beria on the spot; he was executed later that December.
On the day Stalin died, spy chief Beria began a power grab, bringing the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense under his own control, and then pushed for a mass release of prisoners.
In 1953, Taiwan promoted the Land-to-the-Tiller program. The government requisitioned rented land exceeding the standard to sell to tenant farmers, and compensated landlords with land bonds and stocks of four state-owned enterprises, objectively achieving the privatization of state-owned enterprises.
After Stalin's death, Mao Zedong felt the restraints on him loosen, began to develop an illusion of self-reliance, and looked down on Khrushchev.