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On June 26, 1953, Beria was ambushed and arrested in a staged meeting where he was branded a traitor. He faced public accusations of causing social strife and authoritarian excesses. Ultimately, after a private trial, he was sentenced to death, reportedly begging for his life. The exact nature of his death remains somewhat ambiguous, but his body was cremated, and his existence was expunged from Soviet documentation.