What was Beria's role in the USSR's atomic bomb project?
He was a lead scientist
He had no connection with the project
He oversaw the project
He was against it
Answer
Lavrentiy Beria oversaw the Soviet atomic bomb project, which was successful in developing a nuclear weapon in 1949. The USSR was the second country to do so, after the United States.
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