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Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, based on 33 World History Database records associated with Russia.

33 records1921–195327 events2 places

Chronological biography

1921

Security Police1921

Government / Government of Russia · Head of Security · Georgia

Appointed Head of the Security Police in Georgia

1931

Transcaucasian Republics1931

Government / Government of Russia · Head of Commissariat · Moscow

Appointed Head of the Commissariat for Internal Transcaucasian Republics

1934

Central Committee1934

Government / Government of Russia · Member of Central Committee

Appointed Member of Central Committee

1938

Commissar1938

Government / Government of Russia · Commissar-Internal Affairs

Appointed Commissar for Internal Affairs

NKVD1938

Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs) · Head of NKVD · Moscow

Appointed Head of the NKVD, Secret Police. Appointed Head of the NKVD, during the war it carries out purges & executions

1939

Defence Committee1939

Warfare / Military · Member of Defence Committee

Appointed Member of State Defence Committee

Defence Committee1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Member of Defence Committee

Appointed Member of State Defence Committee

Deputy Chair of State Committee for Defence1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Deputy Chair of State Committee for Defence

Appointed Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Defence

Deputy Chairman1939

Warfare / Military · Deputy Chair of State Committee for Defence

Appointed Deputy Chair of the State Committee for Defence

Police Chief-Beria1939

Warfare / Military · Police Chief

Appointed Member of State Defence Committee

Police Chief-Beria1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Police Chief

Appointed Member of State Defence Committee

Purge1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Malenkov & Beria purge the Baltic States, 1939-1941

1941

Chairman1941

Government / Government of Russia · Deputy Prime Minister

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Deputy Chair of Sovnarkom

Deputy Prime Minister1941

Government / Government of Russia · Deputy Prime Minister

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Deputy Chair of Sovnarkom

Sovnarkom1941

Government / Government of Russia · Deputy Prime Minister

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Deputy Chair of Sovnarkom

Arrest of German spies29 April 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Deputy Prime Minister · Moscow

Informed that 3 groups of German spies had been caught inside the Russian border

Defence CommitteeAugust 1941

Government / Government of Russia · Member of Defence Committee · Moscow

Appointed Member of recently formed State Defence Committee

Siege of Moscow15 October 1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Deputy Prime Minister · Moscow

Prepares to evacuate his HQ from Moscow

Siege of Moscow19 October 1941

Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs) · Deputy Prime Minister · Moscow

Beria brings in several regiments of the NKVD in to preserve order. A state of siege is declared

1945

Field Marshal1945

Warfare / Military · Field Marshal

Appointed Field Marshal of the Soviet Union, highest rank below Stalin

1946

Gulags1946

Government / Government of Russia · Chief of Secret Police

Imprisons between 7 million & 12 million in the Gulags

Politburo1946

Government / Government of Russia · Member of Politburo · Moscow

Appointed Member of Politburo

Reballion of Rebels in Moscow1946

Government / Government of Russia · Chief of Secret Police · Moscow

Stalin orders Beria to "finish off the outlaws in the shortest possible time"

1952

Deputy Chairman1952

Government / Government of Russia · Deputy Chairman · Moscow

Appointed Deputy Chair of the Council of Minister's

Presidium1952

Government / Government of Russia · Member of Presidium · Moscow

Appointed Member of Presidium of the Central Committee

Chief of State SecurityMarch 1952

Government / Government of Russia · Chief of State Security · Moscow

Appointed Chief of State Security

1953

Plot1953

Government / Government of Russia

Claims that the doctors confessions had been elicited by torture & were false

TrialJune 1953

Government / Government of Russia · Moscow

Tried for being a British agent, undermines relations between Russian nationalities

Arrest of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria26 June 1953

Government / Government of Russia

Beria is arrested for being an agent

Arrest of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria26 June 1953

Government / Government of Russia · Deputy Chairman

Arrested by Khruschev for allegedly planning a coup

Coup26 June 1953

Government / Government of Russia · Deputy Chairman

Arrested by Khruschev for allegedly planning a coup

Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich BeriaDecember 1953

Government / Government of Russia

Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin. Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria

ExecutionDecember 1953

Government / Government of Russia

Executed for being an agent. Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin

Titles and roles

Chief of Secret Police · Chief of State Security · Commissar-Internal Affairs · Deputy Chair of State Committee for Defence · Deputy Chairman · Deputy Prime Minister · Field Marshal · Head of Commissariat · Head of NKVD · Head of Security · Member of Central Committee · Member of Defence Committee · Member of Politburo · Member of Presidium · Police Chief

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.