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1940–1942 Red Army purges
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Between October 1940 and February 1942, Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, ordered purges against the Red Army and associated military-related industries. Many of those who were purged wer
Beria's proposal of 29 January 1942 to execute 46 generals. Stalin's resolution: "Shoot all named in the list. – J. St."
Beria's proposal of 29 January 1942 to execute 46 generals. Stalin's resolution: "Shoot all named in the list. – J. St."
Lavrentiy Beria
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Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Soviet politician and one of the longest-serving and most influential of Joseph Stalin's secret police chiefs, serving as head of the NKVD from 1938 to 1945 during the
1940–1942 Red Army purges
…A previous Soviet purge, the Great Purge, ended in 1938. In October 1940 the NKVD (People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs), under its new chief Lavrentiy Beria, started a new purge that initially hit the People's Commissariat of Ammunition, People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry, and People's Commissariat…
Official portrait, c. 1938–1940
Official portrait, c. 1938–1940
Young Svetlana Stalina sitting on Beria's lap, with Stalin (in the background) and Nestor Lakoba in 1931.
Young Svetlana Stalina sitting on Beria's lap, with Stalin (in the background) and Nestor Lakoba in 1931.
Beria in 1934
Beria in 1934
Nestor Lakoba, Nikita Khrushchev, Beria and Aghasi Khanjian during the opening of the Moscow Metro in 1936, the same year that Lakoba and Khanjian wer
Nestor Lakoba, Nikita Khrushchev, Beria and Aghasi Khanjian during the opening of the Moscow Metro in 1936, the same year that Lakoba and Khanjian were killed by Beria.