Beria

[ber-ee-uh; Russ. bye-ryi-yuh]

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noun

La·vren·ti Pa·vlo·vich

[luhv-ren-tee pav-loh-vich; Russ. luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] , 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.

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Beria (ˈbɛrɪə, Russian ˈbjerijə)

—n
	Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899--1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death

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