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Beria is a minor character in the 2009 novel The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Beria is described as the ...
Lavrentiy Beria

Lavrentiy Beria

Former Leader of NKVD
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security, and chief of the People's Commissariat ... Wikipedia
Born: March 29, 1899, Merkheuli
Died: December 23, 1953 (age 54 years), Moscow, Russia
Spouse: Nina Gegechkori (m. 1922–1953)
Grandchildren: Sergey Peshkov and Nina Peshkova
Previous office: Leader of NKVD (1938–1945)
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What was Beria accused of?
Beria's overconfidence in his position after Stalin's death led him to misjudge other Politburo members. There was a coup d'état led by Nikita Khrushchev with the military forces of Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Beria was arrested on charges of treason during a meeting in which the full Politburo condemned him.
What was the NKVD renamed to?
Their agents were responsible for the repression of the wealthier peasantry. They oversaw the protection of Soviet borders and espionage (which included carrying out political assassinations). In March 1946 all People's Commissariats were renamed to Ministries. The NKVD became the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD).
Is NKVD a KGB?
NKVD, Soviet secret police agency, a forerunner of the KGB (q.v.).
Who was the leader of the NKVD under Stalin?
In August 1938, Stalin brought Beria to Moscow as deputy head of the NKVD. Under Yezhov, the NKVD carried out the Great Purge: the imprisonment or execution of a huge number, possibly over a million, of citizens throughout the Soviet Union as alleged "enemies of the people".
Beria was a Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus (NKVD) ...
4 days ago · Beria was brought to Moscow in 1938 as the deputy to Nikolay Yezhov, head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the Soviet ...
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, Lavrenty P. 1899- 1953. Lavrenty Beria was a Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician. ... After becoming the head of NKVD, he used his power to execute ...
Beria served for many years as chief of the NKVD, Stalin's much-feared secret police force, which carried out the terrifying purges of the 1930s, sending ...
Jan 15, 2014 · Nadaraia, two of Beria's most senior NKVD bodyguards. They stated that on warm nights during the war years, Beria was often driven slowly ...
Feb 20, 2023 · Joseph Stalin was known for his brutal purges which resulted in the executions of millions, with many more being sent to concentration camps ...
Dec 12, 2003 · Stalin's security chief Lavrenti Beria was executed on December 23rd, 1953.