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 (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.

Dec 12, 2003 · Beria, who went on to run the Soviet network of slave-labour camps, was notorious for his sadistic enjoyment of torture and his taste for beating and raping women and violating young girls. Bald and bespectacled, by the time of Stalin’s death in 1953 he was one of the most hated men in the country.

Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria (Georgian: ლავრენტი ბერია, Russian: Лаврентий Павлович Берия, born 9 March 1899: Merkheuli, Russian Empire (Georgia or Abkhazia) - 23 December 1953: Moscow, Soviet Union). He was a Georgian - Bolshevik, Soviet politician.

Just like his boss Joseph Stalin, Lavrentiy Beria (1899 – 1953) was born and bred in Georgia. An ethnic Mingrelian (a small nation closely-related to Georgians), during the Russian Civil War...

Jun 26, 2023 · Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s head of secret police and right hand man, was an inhuman monster. A rapist and murderer, his fall from power was sudden and brutal.

Lavrentiy Beria, a name synonymous with brutality and terror, played a pivotal role in one of the darkest periods of Soviet history. As the chief enforcer of Joseph Stalin’s regime, Lavrentiy Beria’s actions left an indelible mark on the Soviet Union.

An in-depth look at the life of Lavrentiy Beria, Russia's "Himmler" who served under Stalin and nearly took power after Stalin's death.

Soviet political figure under Joseph Stalin and head of the Soviet secret police. Born to a poor peasant family in 1899, Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria was, like Joseph Stalin, a Georgian by nationality.

Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was an ethnic Georgian born in Merkheuli in southern Russia (now Georgia) to Pavel Khukhaevich Beria and Marta Ivanovna. He was educated at a technical school in nearby city of Sukhumi. In Mar 1917, he joined the Bolsheviks included Baku, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.