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| | 1953-1954 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | The Presidium of the CC CPSU approves a resolution entitled “The Question of the Western Oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR.” This resolution is based on a memorandum written by Beria, who prepared a similar memorandum on 8 May 1953 on the activity of the MGB organs in the Lithuanian SSR. |
 | | The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR passes a resolution granting the Supreme Court the right to review decisions, at the instigation of the General Prosecutor's Office, of former collegiums of the OGPU, NKVD troikas, and the Special Board of the NKVD-MGB-MVD USSR. |
 | | A special meeting in Moscow of the Supreme Court of the USSR is convened to examine the case of the former heads of state security Lavrentii Beria, Vladimir Dekanozov, Vsevolod Merkulov, L. Vlodzimirsky, P. Meshyk, S. Goglidze, and Bogdan Kobulov, all of whom receive the death sentence. |
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