Kandid Charkviani, who at the time occupied the position of the first secretary of the Georgian SSR, also suffered during the Mingrelian Affair.
However, the newly opened archives in Georgia provide evidence that Charkviani, who was Lechkhumian (from the Lechkhumi region of Georgia) and not Mingrelian or Svan, was accused because he allegedly failed to “detect and repress the criminal nationalist ring of counter revolutionaries within the ranks of the Georgian Communist Party”.
Beyond Stalin's growing distrust of his lieutenant Beria, who had particularly consolidated his positions after World War II, the affair also reflected a bitter power struggle among rival clans in the Communist élite of Georgia.
As a result of the events, Beria's power was reduced significantly in Georgia, but he still managed to retain his position in the Politburo.
[citation needed] In his memoirs Nikita Khrushchev corrobated the thesis of eliminating the influence of Lavrentiy Beria and eventual rehabilitation of its victims.