Who led the coup that ousted Beria from power?
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Nikita Khrushchev
Georgy Zhukov
Answer
Nikita Khrushchev led the coup that ousted Beria from power in 1953. Beria was the head of the secret police and a close ally of Stalin. After Stalin's death, Beria attempted to consolidate power for himself, but Khrushchev and other leaders of the Soviet Union were able to remove him from power and have him executed.
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