Lavrentiy Beria
Birth date
March 29, 1899
Death date
December 23, 1953
Place of birth
Merkheuli, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
Profession
Acting
Age
54 years
Biography
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (29 March [O.S. 17 March] 1899 – 23 December 1953) 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 for Internal Affairs (NKVD) under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and promoted to deputy premier under Stalin from 1941. He later officially joined the Politburo in 1946.
Also known as
Lavrenti BeriaЛаврентий Берияლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერიაЛавренти Павлес дзе БериаLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria
