Lavrentiy Beria

Lavrentiy Beria

Nascimento : 1899-03-29, Merkheuli, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire

Morte : 1953-12-23

História

Lavrentiy Pavlovich 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lavrentiy Beria, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Lavrentiy Beria

Filmes

Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Stalin and the Katyn Massacre
Self (archive footage)
The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable crimes committed by Stalin's ruthless executioners over three decades. The mass murder of thousands of Polish officers was part of a relentless purge, the secrets and details of which have only recently been partially revealed.
State Funeral
State Funeral
Self (archive footage)
Moscou, março de 1953. Nos dias seguintes à morte de Josef Stalin, inúmeros cidadãos inundaram a Praça Vermelha para chorar a perda de seu líder. Embora o cortejo fúnebre tenha sido filmado em detalhes por centenas de câmeras, grande parte de suas filmagens permaneceram desconhecidas, até agora.
Velikoye proshchaniye
Velikoye proshchaniye
March 9th, 1953. A gray, sad day. Clouds float low over the Kremlin towers. A city that unrecognizably grew, prettier and matured - this Moscow froze in solemn grief. The country escorts its father and leader, Joseph Stalin.