Lavrentiy Beria

Georgian Soviet NKVD police chief under fellow Georgian and Soviet leader Stalin

Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; Russian: Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Georgian: ლავრენტი ბერია, romanized: lavrent'i 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.

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Lavrentiy Beria was born on Wednesday, 29 March 1899 in Merkheuli, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire. He was best known as a politician. Beria's country of citizenship (nationality) was Georgian. He died on Wednesday, 23 December 1953 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union at the age of 54. Politically, he was affiliated with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He had dark brown eyes and dark brown hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Aries.

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Full name at birth	full name at birth
Claim to fame	claim to fame
Date of birth	29 March 1899	edit
Place of birth	Merkheuli, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire	edit
Date of death	23 December 1953	edit
Age	54 (age at death)
Place of death	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union	edit
Occupation	occupation
Occupation category	Politician	edit
Nationality	Georgian	edit

PERSONAL DETAILS

Height	height
Build	Average	edit
Hair color	Brown - Dark	edit
Eye color	Brown - Dark	edit
Gender	Male	edit
Ethnicity	White	edit
Sexuality	Straight	edit
Religion	religion
Zodiac sign	Aries
Distinctive feature	distinctive feature
Pets	pets

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High school	high school
University	university
Talent agency	talent agency
Political affiliation	political affiliation
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	edit

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