Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader that was the force behind the execution of Beria.
Joseph Stalin, born "Ioseb Besarionis Jughashvili on December 18, 1878, died on March 5 1953.'Stalin', the Russian word for steel, was initially used by him as a revolutionary code name. He was born a Russian subject in the Russian province of Georgia, becoming a Soviet citizen when that entity was created in 1917.Another Soviet leader who died in 1953 was Lavrenty Beria. Beria was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet Secret Police, and Stalin's close associate. Beria was executed for treason with 6 of his associates on December 23.
Lavrentiy Beria was the head of the Soviet Ministry of the Interior and of the secret police from late in 1938 till 1946. He remained very influential in Soviet politics till shortly after Stalin's death in 1953.
There were two, Nikolai Yezhov until 1940, and then there was the infamous Lavrentiy Beria.
There was a power struggle among the Soviet Communist Party elite to succeed Stalin after his death in 1953. Georgy Malenkov was nominally the next leader after Stalin, but only remained in sole power for about a week. The Troika (triumvirate) of Malenkov, Beria and Molotov ruled for the next six months.Khrushchev plotted with other high ranking Party leaders to have Beria executed.The leader who eventually emerged and held power for the next eleven years was Nikita Khrushchev.Khrushchev cleverly out maneuvered other top Party officials, and built his own power base. He was successful and rooted out "hardliners" when he revealed Stalin's crimes against other communists and the Russian people in general. In this manner "Stalinist" style rivals for power were ousted from any positions that would hamper Khrushchev's leadership role that he created for himself.
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria was the head of the Secret Police (NKVD). Soon after Stalin's death he was arrested, tried and shot as a traitor.
Joseph Stalin, born "Ioseb Besarionis Jughashvili on December 18, 1878, died on March 5 1953.'Stalin', the Russian word for steel, was initially used by him as a revolutionary code name. He was born a Russian subject in the Russian province of Georgia, becoming a Soviet citizen when that entity was created in 1917.Another Soviet leader who died in 1953 was Lavrenty Beria. Beria was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet Secret Police, and Stalin's close associate. Beria was executed for treason with 6 of his associates on December 23.
Lavrenty Beria died on December 23, 1953 at the age of 54.
Lavrentiy Beria was the head of the Soviet Ministry of the Interior and of the secret police from late in 1938 till 1946. He remained very influential in Soviet politics till shortly after Stalin's death in 1953.
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria was not an author, but rather a Soviet politician and chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus. He played a significant role in the oppressive regime of Joseph Stalin, responsible for numerous human rights abuses, purges, and atrocities. Beria was ultimately executed in 1953 following Stalin's death.
Lavrenty Beria, Joseph Stalin's hatchetman, tried for treason, found guilty and executed on December 23, 1953, several months after the death of Stalin. Beria was executed by firing squad. There is another account that states that in June 1953, Beria's home was assaulted by a military force intending to arrest him for treason and he was killed then and there. Supposedly, his trial was conducted in secret after his death and his "guilt" and "execution" announced months after his death in June, 1953.
Lavrenti Beria's birth name is Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria.
There were two, Nikolai Yezhov until 1940, and then there was the infamous Lavrentiy Beria.
Lavrentiy Beria died on 1953-12-23.
Lavrentiy Beria was born on 1899-03-29.
Lavrenty Beria was born on March 29, 1899.
Voltaire advocated for freedom of speech and religion, Rousseau for radical political theory, Montesquieu for the separation of powers, Mary Wollstonecraft for women's rights and education, and Beria was a Soviet politician known for his involvement in the Great Purge and human rights abuses.
13,000 miles from Beria, India to Malawi, Africa.