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On July 9, 1953, Lavrentiy Beria gave his personal driver an order he hadn't dared utter out loud for 42 years: "If I don't come back, burn me, and take the car to the dacha." Within hours, one of the most powerful men in the USSR would disappear forever. For 14 years, Fyodor Krutov drove the People's Commissar through Moscow at night—to houses without addresses, to secret atomic project sites, to meetings with people officially long dead. He saw things he shouldn't have seen and remained silent for almost his entire life. This video tells the story of Lavrentiy Beria's last three hours of freedom through the eyes of the man behind the wheel. It is based on the diary entries of his personal driver, given to a historian in 1994, and materials declassified after the collapse of the USSR. What you'll learn from this video: — How the personal drivers of the top NKVD-MVD leadership were selected and trained — What happened in the closed facilities where Lavrenty Beria was taken — Details of the last morning of July 9, 1953 — The fate of the archive and the mystery of the burned folder — What happened to the driver after the People's Commissar's arrest If you're interested in the history of Stalin's secret services, the secrets of the Kremlin, and little-known facts about Beria's downfall, subscribe to the channel; there are many more investigations to come. #Beria #StalinRepressions #NKVD #USSRHistory #KremlinSecrets #LavrentyBeria #1953 #ColdWar #SecretArchives #DocumentaryInvestigation