Security Police
Appointed Head of the Security Police in Georgia
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1921-1931
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Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria Biography and Timeline
Follow Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria through 33 dated historical records for Russia.
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
33Distinct records
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1921–1953Years on this page
1921
1931
Transcaucasian Republics
Appointed Head of the Commissariat for Internal Transcaucasian Republics
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1931-1938
1934
Central Committee
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Role range: 1917-1991
1938
Commissar
Appointed Commissar for Internal Affairs
Role range: 1917-1991
NKVD
Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police. Appointed Head of the NKVD, during the war it carries out purges & executions
Role range: 1938-1953
1939
Deputy Chairman
Appointed Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Defence
Defence Committee
Appointed Member of State Defence Committee
Police Chief-Beria
Appointed Member of State Defence Committee
Purge
Malenkov & Beria purge the Baltic States, 1939-1941
Role range: 1939-1945
Deputy Chair of State Committee for Defence
Appointed Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Defence
Role range: 1939-1945
Defence Committee
Appointed Member of State Defence Committee
Role range: 1939-1945
Police Chief-Beria
Appointed Member of State Defence Committee
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1945
1941
Arrest of German spies
Informed that 3 groups of German spies had been caught inside the Russian border
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Defence Committee
Appointed Member of recently formed State Defence Committee
Role range: 1917-1991
Siege of Moscow
Prepares to evacuate his HQ from Moscow
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1941-1945
Siege of Moscow
Beria brings in several regiments of the NKVD in to preserve order. A state of siege is declared
Role range: 1941-1945
Chairman
Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Deputy Chair of Sovnarkom
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1941-1945
Deputy Prime Minister
Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Deputy Chair of Sovnarkom
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1941-1945
Sovnarkom
Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Deputy Chair of Sovnarkom
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1941-1945
1945
Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal of the Soviet Union, highest rank below Stalin
1946
Gulags
Imprisons between 7 million & 12 million in the Gulags
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953
Rebellion of Rebels in Moscow
Stalin orders Beria to "finish off the outlaws in the shortest possible time"
Role range: 1917-1991 – 1922-1953
Politburo
Appointed Member of Politburo
Role range: 1917-1991
1952
Chief of State Security
Appointed Chief of State Security
Role range: 1917-1991
Deputy Chairman
Appointed Deputy Chair of the Council of Minister's
Role range: 1917-1991
Presidium
Appointed Member of Presidium of the Central Committee
Role range: 1917-1991
1953
Arrest of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Beria is arrested for being an agent
Role range: 1917-1991
Arrest of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Arrested by Khruschev for allegedly planning a coup
Role range: 1917-1991
Coup
Arrested by Khruschev for allegedly planning a coup
Role range: 1917-1991
Trial
Tried for being a British agent, undermines relations between Russian nationalities
Role range: 1917-1991
Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin. Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria
Role range: 1917-1991
Execution
Executed for being an agent. Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin
Role range: 1917-1991
Plot
Claims that the doctors confessions had been elicited by torture & were false
Role range: 1917-1991
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.