In May 1941, Lysenko personally signed off on a list of NKVD-selected ... of the convicts on death row. On June 23, 1942, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet—in reality, Stalin's Politburo ...
tireless machinations, and frail allegiances, absolutely no one is safe; not even the feared chief of the secret police, Lavrenti Beria. In the end, who will prevail after the death of Stalin?