An edition of Beria
(1996)
Beria
Stalin's First Lieutenant
by Amy W. Knight
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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
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Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant
1996, Princeton University Press
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Book Details
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Map of Georgia, 1991
Chronology of Beria's life
Abbreviations
Introduction
[1]. Early life and career
[2]. Service in the Georgian political police
[3]. Leader of Georgia and Transcaucasia
[4]. The purges in Georgia
[5]. Master of the Lubianka
[6]. The war years
[7]. Kremlin politics after the war
[8]. Beria under fire. 1950-1953
[9]. The downfall of Beria
[10]. The aftermath
[11]. Beria reconsidered
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Edition Notes
Readership level: Undergraduate; Postgraduate; Research/professional
Publication date: 12/02/1996
Includes bibliographic references (p. [281]-294) and index
Special Collections copy: from the estate of André and Catherine de Saint-Rat
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