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.

Having joined the Communist Party in 1917, Beria participated in revolutionary activity in Azerbaijan and Georgia before he was drawn into intelligence and counterintelligence activities (1921) and appointed head of the Cheka (secret police) in Georgia.

1917 - Marzo. Beria si unisce all’ala bolscevica del partito socialdemocratico russo dei lavoratori. 1917 - 1918 - Giugno - gennaio. Beria presta servizio al fronte nell’esercito russo. 1919 - Beria consegue il diploma di perito meccanico al Politecnico; lavora per il governo del Musavat, a Baku.

Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria (em russo: Лаврентий Павлович Берия, em georgiano: ლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერია, romanizado: Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria; Merkheuli, 29 de março [O.S. 17 de março] de 1899 – Moscou, 23 de dezembro de 1953) …

Jul 12, 2024 · We tell how Lavrentiy Beria, who seemed to have all the trump cards in his hands, lost in the behind-the-scenes struggle for power in the Kremlin after Stalinʼs death in 1953.

Aug 25, 2019 · Beria fue el brazo derecho de Stalin desde 1938 hasta 1953, pero en los postreros días del dictador temía ser señalado como próximo enemigo del pueblo por sus intenciones aperturistas.

Dec 23, 2014 · From his cell, Beria wrote several grovelling letters to his politburo colleagues pleading his innocence and his devotion to the party and the communist cause. Exasperated by the flow of letters, Khrushchev ordered the removal of Beria’s pen and paper. In December 1953, Beria was put on trial.

Following Stalin’s death in 1953, Beria was appointed as deputy prime minister and head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Many Soviet leaders, among them Nikita Khrushchev, feared Beria would use his control of the secret police to ultimately seize full power.

Mar 6, 2024 · Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (29 March 1899 – 23 December 1953) was a Soviet politician and chief of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945. During the 1950s, he wanted to allow some private industry, weaken the kolkhoz system, and restore diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia .

Alla morte di Stalin, Beria fu libero di agire e assunse immediatamente il controllo formale del vasto apparato di polizia: un’iniziativa che venne interpretata dai suoi colleghi, e in particolare da Kruscev, come una minaccia.