Also, if I may piggy-back, I have a related Beria question: In the movie “Death of Stalin,” the sadistic Beria suddenly appeared to be a reformer. As Khrushchev has him murdered, Khrushchev says to Beria that he will “bury him in history.”

Since Khrushchev then fully controlled whatever “history” was written, is it possible that what we know of Beria is a false narrative written by Khrushchev to justify having seized power?

Was Beria really a monster, or was all this an excuse to keep the people locked under soviet bondage?