Beria
Lavrenti Pavlovich
[luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
Historical Examples
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India R. V. Russell
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India–Volume I (of IV) R.V. Russell
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Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899–1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin’s death
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