Beria, Lavrenti (Pavlovich)
Beria, Lavrenti (Pavlovich) (1899–1953) Soviet politician and head of the secret police (NKVD and MVD) (1938–53). Born in Georgia, he rose to prominence within the Soviet Communist Party under Stalin's patronage. As head of the secret police Beria was directly involved in the infamous ‘purge trials’ in which Stalin's opponents were eliminated; he was also responsible for the deportation of thousands to forced labour camps. After Stalin's death he was rumoured to be planning to seize power; feared by rival politicians, he was arrested. Although his fate is not certain, it was officially announced that he had been tried and shot as a traitor.
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Lavrenti Beria executed: December 23rd, 1953.(Months Past)(Biography)
Magazine article from: History Today; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH Beria was a Georgian, like Stalin, who called him 'my Himmler...succeeded Yezhov, who was shot on Stalin's orders, apparently at Beria's prompting. Beria, who went on to run the Soviet network of slave-labour camps...
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Putin and Georgia Officials Intensify Rhetoric in Dispute; President Calls Russians' Arrests 'State Terrorism'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...dictator Joseph Stalin's secret police chief, Lavrenti Beria, who, like Stalin, was a Georgian known for bloodthirsty...on the crisis. "It is a sign of the legacy of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria's policy." On Thursday, Russia recalled its...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/18/1994; 700+ words
; ...psychologist, 1886; Wilfred Owen, poet, 1893; Betty Compson (Eleanor Luicime Compson), actress, 1897; Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, chief of the Russian secret police, 1899; Friederich Robert Donat, actor, 1905. Deaths: St Edward the...
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Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria , 1899-1953, Soviet Communist leader...later minister) of internal affairs, Beria wielded great power, and he was the...After Stalin's death (Mar., 1953), Beria was made first deputy premier under Premier...
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Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
BERIA, LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH (1899 – 1953), Soviet politician and police official...1946. Born in Merkheuli, a village in the Georgian Republic, Lavrenti Beria enrolled in the Baku Polytechnic for Mechanical Construction in...
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Beria, Lavrenti (Pavlovich)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Beria, Lavrenti (Pavlovich) (1899–1953) Soviet politician and head of the secret...Communist Party under Stalin's patronage. As head of the secret police Beria was directly involved in the infamous ‘purge trials...
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Leningrad Affair
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...supported by the head of the political police, Lavrenti Beria. Zhdanov's sudden death of apparent natural...a provincial city within the USSR. See also: beria; lavrenti pavlovich; malenkov, georgy maksimilyanovich; zhdanov...
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Lubyanka
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...the state security agencies. The office of Lavrenty Beria, long-time chief of the Soviet security apparatus...kept unchanged and is open to visitors. See also: beria, lavrenti pavlovich; dzerzhinsky, felix edmundovich; gulag; lefortovo...
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