In 1920, Beria was just an ordinary young man who had just joined the Cheka, and perhaps even he himself did not expect that in the years to come, he would be able to go to the center of Soviet power and become a high-powered figure. As the Soviet Union grew stronger, Beria was keenly aware that he had to stand in a good line, so in the subsequent struggles, he followed Stalin's steps.
In an assassination incident, Beria desperately used her body to successfully cover Stalin and help him escape the disaster, and it was from this moment that Beria gained Stalin's trust and began to be used by Stalin.
After the end of World War II, all the affairs of the Soviet Union had to be approved by Beria, and it can be said that at this stage, Beria had grown into the second person who was only Stalin. Speaking of which, his life is really a legendary history of struggle, which also fully illustrates the importance of following a good leader.
However, at this point, some friends may ask, since Beria has become the number two person in the Soviet Union, why was he so easily overthrown after Stalin's death, and even directly sentenced to death? What caused his failure?
Just as the so-called success is also Stalin, defeat is also Stalin. His death not only meant that Beria had lost his greatest patron, but also that all his anger would be borne by him, so belia, panicked, began to deny Stalin's purge campaign outright, and began to carry out redress of unjust cases, not so much that he was in dispute with the regime, but that he did so in order to please others and preserve his current position.
However, the reason for his eventual defeat was mainly because he did not have military power in his hands. Throughout history, we can find that no matter what era, there have always been soldiers to have power, and the most wrong thing Beria did was to offend Zhukov, the military leader, during the purges.
It should be known that Zhukov at that time was known as the god of war of the Soviet Union, and his prestige was unmatched in the Soviet army, and Beria searched Zhukov's apartment during the purge campaign, seized a large number of Zhukov's personal belongings, and also charged him with many false accusations.
Of course, it is likely that Beria did this at Stalin's behest, but it was indeed him who did it, so he offended Zhukov because of it. In the end, Zhukov fell to Khrushchev's side, and under the joint efforts of the two men, Beria, who had no military power in his hands, could only end up with a shot.