Lavrentiy Beria - Wikipedia Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria [a] (29 March [O S 17 March] 1899 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet politician and one of the longest-serving and most influential of Joseph Stalin's secret police chiefs, serving as head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) from 1938 to 1946, during the country's involvement in the Second World War
Lavrenty Beria | Biography, Facts, Execution | Britannica Lavrenty Beria (born March 29 [March 17, Old Style], 1899, Merkheuli, Russian Empire [now in Georgia]—died December 23, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U S S R ) was the director of the Soviet secret police who played a major role in the purges of Joseph Stalin’s opponents
Lavrenti Beria Executed - History Today Stalin's security chief Lavrenti Beria was executed on December 23rd, 1953 Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian, like Stalin, who called him ‘my Himmler’
Lavrenty Beria - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Soviet politician, Beria was the de facto Marshal of the Soviet Union; a state security administrator; and the chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus, the NKVD, under Stalin during World War II against Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1945
Beria, Lavrenty (1899–1953) - Encyclopedia. com In 1938 Stalin brought Beria to Moscow to take over the Soviet secret police (NKVD) from Nikolai Yezhov, who had administered the Great Purges (1936–1938)
NKVD, The Soviet Secret Police Under Joseph Stalin In 1934, Stalin reorganized the Soviet Union’s secret police, which changed names numerous times, into the NKVD, ensuring that it would no longer be restricted by any laws or party control This meant that Stalin could now use it as a direct instrument against anyone who opposed him or was accused of being disloyal to him
Lavrentiy Beria: The Ruthless Enforcer of Stalin’s Reign Beria’s most notorious role was his involvement in the Great Purge of the 1930s, where he served as the head of the NKVD, the Soviet secret police This campaign of political repression led to the arrest, imprisonment, and execution of millions of individuals accused of being enemies of the state
Lavrentiy P. Beria - Nuclear Museum In 1938, Stalin summoned Beria to Moscow and appointed him as deputy to the chief of the Soviet secret police, the NKVD Within the course of a couple years, Beria orchestrated the execution of NKVD chief Nikolai Yezhov and then assumed his predecessor’s position
Lavrentiy Beria - New World Encyclopedia Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (Georgian: ლავრენტი ბერია; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович Берия; March 29, 1899 – December 23, 1953) was a Soviet politician and chief of the Soviet security and police apparatus Beria is now remembered chiefly as the executor of the final stages of Joseph Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s