Title: Beria
First published: 1996
Description: Biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized the evils of Stalinism, yet because his political opponents removed his name from public memory after his execution in 1953, little is known of him
Subjects: Politics and government, Communism, History, Stalin, joseph, 1879-1953, Soviet union, history, 1925-1953
Places: Soviet Union
People: L. P. Berii︠a︡ (1899-1953)
Time periods: 1925-1953, 1936-1953