The Generals of WWII
Generals from Soviet Union
Beriia, Lavrentii Pavlovich
Marshal of Soviet Union
* 17th of March 1899
† 23rd of December 1953
(NKVD)
(Лаврентий Павлович Берия)
Promotions
| 1938-09-11 | Commissar of State Security 1st Rank |
| 1941-01-30 | Commissar-General of State Security |
| 1945-07-09 | Marshal of Soviet Union |
Service
| 1926-12-XX | – | 1931-03-XX | Head of State Political Administration GPU Georgia |
| 1931-03-XX | – | 1931-10-31 | Head of State Political Administration GPU, Transcaucasus |
| 1931-XX-XX | – | 1932-XX-XX | First Secretary of Georgian Communist Party |
| 1932-XX-XX | – | 1938-XX-XX | First Secretary of Transcaucasian Communist Party |
| 1938-XX-XX | Deputy People's Commissar of Internal Affairs NKVD | ||
| 1938-11-25 | – | 1945-12-29 | People's Commissar of Internal Affairs NKVD |
| 1941-06-30 | – | 1944-05-16 | Member of the State Committee for Defence |
| 1942-XX-XX | – | 1943-XX-XX | Representative of the Supreme Command in Caucasus |
| 1944-05-16 | – | 1945-09-04 | Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Defence |
| 1946-01-XX | – | 1953-03-05 | Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union |
| 1953-03-05 | – | 1953-06-26 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| 1953-06-26 | – | 1953-12-23 | Arrested |
| 1953-12-23 | Condemned to death | ||
| 1953-12-23 | Executed |
Picture source: Courtesy of Auke de Vlieger