Who did Beria form a leadership trio with after Stalin's death?
Georgy Malenkov and Vyacheslav Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev
Konstantin Chernenko and Yuri Andropov
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev
Answer
After the death of Joseph Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria, Georgy Malenkov and Vyacheslav Molotov formed a leadership trio that ruled the Soviet Union for a few months. However, Beria was arrested and executed by the other two in July 1953, after which Malenkov and Molotov ruled together for a few months.
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