Who Murdered the Russian Terror?

Public display of Stalin's funeral



 What happened between late night of February 28 to the early hours of March 1 remains highly speculative for many, and so it would prove in theory that the security savvy Stalin was acting not in proportion during the activities that preceded the night before. Did he die of natural cause as what many were led to believe? Or did he die in the hands of the men in his political circle? Just a couple of years after the end of second world war, Russia suffered one of the greatest devastation it had ever witnessed with millions killed, wounded or missing. On record, roughly 20,000,000 Russian civilians were killed or have died as a result of Stalin's iron fisted rule in the years that he was in power.  Russia was decimated, its population cowed into fear and submission with a majority of whom, including many members of the central committees, inkling for a chance to escape from the clutches of a murdering mad man. Likewise, many of Russia's political leaders under Stalin were yet wary for another conflict during the emergence of the cold war in the early 1950's. There would be a day of reckoning, and so they thought. On February 28, Stalin, accompanied by his ministers Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Khrushchev and Livrentiy Beria, dig in for a dinner meeting and after a casual drink of white Russian vodka. Beria was the highest ranking official in the group next to Stalin. Soon afterward, they retired for the night. In an unprecedented move, the guards assigned to Stalin were caught off guard as they were whisked away by the Russian strongman. Unusual for a man who'd always have a detailed security posted at his main bedroom door. The guards knew that with Stalin as the leader, disobedience would be the last thing on their mind.  Had it occur to Stalin's immediate circle the prospect of another catastrophic war remains a plausible fact that has yet to be considered. By dawn the next day, the two privates just a few meters from the door of Stalin's room became uneasy; it was already 10:00 a.m. and the leader has not made a stir. There were strict orders the night before that he'd be left undisturbed. The orders were given by his interior minister - - on the pretext that he needed much rest. Later in the evening, Peter Lozgachev, the deputy commandant of the Kuntsevo residence, was worried and called knocked repeatedly at the door. Hearing muffled sounds, obviously from Stalin, they barged the door open. The sight surprised them; Stalin was lying on the floor, head first and covered with his own urine. Apparently, the room was disoriented, suggesting that there was a struggle of one man. The once powerful and fearful Stalin was helpless, writhing in mumbled tones as if ordering them with every means possible to restore back his condition. His lips were pale, saliva spurting from his mouth, hair disheveled and his eyes contorted. Initially, the guards did not inform any doctors but instead called the members of the Politburo and the interior minister - - Beria. There were no skilled doctor left, they were purged the year before in an apparent attempt to assassinate Jews and party members suspected of harboring ill-will with the leadership. Stalin knew better. He had an uncanny ability to pry the soul and and measure his oppositionists. This time - - its the day of reckoning. It took three more hours for the member of the party to arrive at the residence and another four hours to fetch the only available doctors. Between those hours, Beria was the first to arrive, tending to Stalin and ensuring that the public will not know of the incident until further notice. Stalin died three days later, without any attempt at surgery. The doctor in charge tagged Stalin's death to 'cerebral hemorrhage'.  How and why the delay in the administration of immediate and surgical help remains a question in history. Only 30 years later was there ever a mention of an assassination plot - - by his own interior minister - - Beria. There was no autopsy report suggesting that a poison maimed the Russian strongman, but all facts bear witness that there was a conspiracy, or perhaps an institutional plot, to weaken the leadership's power. Had it been timely during the morning of March 1 in bringing Stalin to the hospital, he would have survived. His diagnosis at the time of death 'cerebral haemorrhage' . An unlikely assumption for a man who never had any serious ailment before.

Russian commissars take charge of an execution