Lavrentiy Beria

Stalin’s right-hand man who made his orders even more brutal

Lavrentiy Beria: Stalin's Executioner

71 years ago, the bloody Soviet KGB leader Lavrentiy Beria lost his chance to lead the USSR. A story about how easy it is to de-power a man with unlimited powers (yes, thatʼs a hint) - Бабель

70 years ago, Nikita Khrushchev headed the Communist Party, although no one took him seriously after Stalinʼs death. This is how he defeated his competitors Malenkov and Beria and seized power in the USSR - Бабель

What the Russian authorities think of Lavrentiy Beria, according to Vladimir Putin and the Supreme Court

Lavrentiy Beria’s FBI

5 facts about Beria, Stalin’s henchman who helped create the atomic bomb