Beria Stalin's First Lieutenant / Amy Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knight, Amy., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berija, Lavrentij P., 1899-1953--biografije--politiki--varnostne službe--NKVD--stalinizem--Sovjetska zveza--1921-1931.

Georgia (Republic)--Politics and government.

Georgia (Republic).

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Soviet Union.

Genre:

Biografie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 312 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

3rd print., and 1st paperback print.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1996.

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Yet because his political opponents expunged his name from public memory after his dramatic arrest and execution in 1953, little has been previously published about his long and tumultuous career.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHRONOLOGY OF BERIA'S LIFE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter One. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

Chapter Two. SERVICE IN THE GEORGIAN POLITICAL POLICE

Chapter 3. LEADER OF GEORGIA AND TRANSCAUCASIA: 1931-1936

Chapter Four. THE PURGES IN GEORGIA

Chapter Five. MASTER OF THE LUBIANKA

Chapter Six. THE WAR YEARS

Chapter Seven. KREMLIN POLITICS AFTER THE WAR

Chapter Eight. BERIA UNDER FIRE: 1950-1953

Chapter Nine. THE DOWNFALL OF BERIA

Chapter Ten. THE AFTERMATH

Chapter Eleven. BERIA RECONSIDERED

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-294) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691032573

0691032572

9780691214245

0691214247

OCLC:

1227051190