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Katyn massacre
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In the 1980s, Michail Gorbachev said that Beria and [[Vsevolod Merkulov]] were responsible. He said that the Katyn massacre was one of Stalin's [[wikt:atrocity|atrocities]]. Beria was accused of [[treason]]. He was [[Execution|executed]] 
inon December 23 1953. He had worked with the British in the 1920s.{{fact|date=July 2020}} Merkulov wasand five other Beria accomplices were also executed in 1953 for being close to Beria. Beria and Merkulov were never [[Trial|tried]] for what they did at Katyn.

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[[Category:Massacres during Word War II]]
[[Category:1940s in the Soviet Union]]


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