BERIA, LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH

ləvrĕnˈtyē pävˈləvĭch bâˈrēə, 1899–1953, Soviet Communist leader, b. Georgia. He rose to prominence in the Cheka (secret police) in Georgia and the Transcaucasus, became party secretary in these areas, and in 1938 became head of the secret police. As commissar (later minister) of internal affairs, Beria wielded great power, and he was the first in this post to become (1946) a member of the politburo. After Stalin's death (Mar., 1953), Beria was made first deputy premier under Premier Malenkov, but the alliance was shaky; in the ensuing struggle for power Beria was arrested (July) on charges of conspiracy. He and six alleged accomplices were tried secretly and shot in Dec., 1953.

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Historical Dictionary of Law Enforcement
Book by Mitchel P. Roth, James S. Olson; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Law Enforcement--History--Dictionaries, Police--Biography--Dictionaries, Police--History--Dictionaries
...Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty, 1847-1996, 1996. BERIA, LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH. (1899-1953) Like Joseph Stalin, Beria was descended from humble peasant origins. Beria would become head of the Soviet secret police* and one of the...
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Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations
Book by Richard C. S. Trahair; Greenwood Press, 2004
Subjects: Cold War--Dictionaries, Espionage--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Spies--Biography--Dictionaries
...Representation: Some Masks Not Dropped, Intelligence and National Security 14 (1999): 49-69. BERIA, LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH (1899-1953) . Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria was a Soviet political leader and head of the secret police. Born in Georgia, Beria...
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996
Book by John E. Jessup; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Conflict Management--History--20th Century--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Dictionaries, Political Violence--History--20th Century--Dictionaries
...an exorbitant ransom was paid. Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich. (b. 1899, Mercheuli, Georgia...1953, Moscow) Born a peasant, Beria began his career as a Bolshevik...Upon Stalins death in 1953, Beria attempted to seize power but was...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
...committed suicide in despair. Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich b. Merkheuli, Georgia, 17 29...probably middle-class origins, Beria made his career as a ruthless...organizations under different heads, but Beria continued to exercise general...
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Transforming Russia and China: Revolutionary Struggle in the Twentieth Century
Book by Marilyn B. Young, William G. Rosenberg; Oxford University Press, 1982
Subjects: China--History--20th Century, Communism--China--History, Communism--Soviet Union--History, Soviet Union--History
...Writers Association , 84 Belden, Jack, 224 -25 Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich 1899- 1953 head of NKVD from 1938 to trial and execution...Nationalists, 1936-46 , 143 Bogolepov, Nikolai Pavlovich 1847-1901 tsarist minister of education; assassinated...
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Lavrenti Beria Executed: December 23rd, 1953
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 53, December 2003
Subjects: Beria, Lavrenti--Cases, Khrushchev, Nikita--Political activity, Soviet Union
Lavrenti Beria executed: December 23rd, 1953. by Richard Cavendish LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH Beria was a Georgian, like Stalin, who called him my Himmler. Involved...


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Letters in the Editor's Mailbag
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), April 30, 2006
...Hoovers two biggest enemies, the U.S. Constitution and the free press. I formally nominate the FBI for the Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria Freedom Award. JAMES R. CRONHOLM Vida Oregonians need Sorenson Oregon deserves a grass roots candidate as governor...


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Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BERIA, LAVRENTI PAVLOVICH l vren tye pav l vich ba re , 1899 1953...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...


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