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I was crazy enough to do that.

(Quote from Beria's letter from prison to Malenkov)

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On August 12, 1945 with Germany defeated and Soviet troops marching into Manchuria Stalin ans his lieutenants were in high spirits.

From left to right: Anastas Mikoyan, Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin, Georgi Malenkov, Lavrenty Beria, and Vyacheslav Molotov.

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i like how this paints stalin as like a master manipulator when he was probably getting ibs over his coworkers infighting

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“Despite the threat of a Communist invasion of the islands North of Formosa, the Nationalist Chinese held their usual rip roaring celebration of Chinese New Year. During a parade through the streets of Taipei, Nationalist wore rubber masks and carried placards in Chinese characters saying "Traitor Mao Tse-Tung" and "King of The Killers, Malenkov." The parade also celebrated Freedom Day, the day the anti-Communist Chinese were released from South Korean prison camps, and allowed to join the Nationalists on Formosa.”

Taipei, 1955.

source: Bettmann Archive