![Josef Stalin Nikita Khrushchev Lavrenty Beria Matvei Shkiryatov first row right to left Georgy Malenkov and Andrei Zhdanov Stock Photo - Alamy Josef Stalin Nikita Khrushchev Lavrenty Beria Matvei Shkiryatov first row right to left Georgy Malenkov and Andrei Zhdanov Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B965KN/josef-stalin-nikita-khrushchev-lavrenty-beria-matvei-shkiryatov-first-B965KN.jpg)
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Soviet politician Lavrentiy Beria with Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, USSR, 1930s. Artist: Anon Stock Photo - Alamy
![S Sebag Montefiore on Twitter: "Today in 1940 Stalin & Beria (see below) started the murder of 22000 Poles in Katyn Forest. It took 28 nights & the chief executioner wore a S Sebag Montefiore on Twitter: "Today in 1940 Stalin & Beria (see below) started the murder of 22000 Poles in Katyn Forest. It took 28 nights & the chief executioner wore a](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPay4UKXsAM4RGH.jpg)
S Sebag Montefiore on Twitter: "Today in 1940 Stalin & Beria (see below) started the murder of 22000 Poles in Katyn Forest. It took 28 nights & the chief executioner wore a
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