On the other side of the story: Beria was promoting the reunification of Germany, during his short rule in 1953. His plan was to pull the Soviet army out of Eas

On the other side of the story: Beria was promoting the reunification of Germany, during his short rule in 1953. His plan was to pull the Soviet army out of East Germany/German Democratic Republic. The motive was to get the Soviet Union out of the cold war with the west. Some months later the uprising of the 17th of June 1953 happened in East Berlin, and the politburo got scared that something similar could happen with Russia. https://www.cato.org/commentary/christmas-1953-lost-liberal-opportunities-soviet-union# https://www.cato.org/commentary/christmas-1953-lost-liberal-...