Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich

SYLLABICATION:	Ber·i·a
PRONUNCIATION:	br-
DATES:	1899–1953
	Soviet secret police chief (1938–1953) during the regime of Joseph Stalin. In the power struggle following Stalin's death, Beria was convicted of conspiracy and executed.


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