Lavrentiy Tsanava

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Lavrentiy Tsanava
Лаврентий Фомич Цанава (Russian)
ლავრენტი ცანავა (Georgian)
Minister of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
15 March 1946 – 29 October 1951
Preceded byFormerly People's Commissar of State Security
Succeeded by
People's Commissar of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
7 May 1943 – 15 March 1946
Preceded byPosition restored
Succeeded byRenamed Minister of State Security
People's Commissar of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
26 February 1941 – 31 July 1941
Preceded byEstablished
Succeeded byPosition abolished
People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
17 December 1938 – 26 February 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded byAlexander Matveyev
Personal details
Born
Lavrentiy Fomich Janjghava

(1900-08-09)9 August 1900
Nakhunavo, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died12 October 1955(1955-10-12) (aged 55)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava (Russian: Лаврентий Фомич Цанава; Georgian: ლავრენტი ცანავა; born Lavrentiy Janjghava Russian: Лаврентий Джанджгава; Georgian: ლავრენტი ჯანჯღავა, ; 9 August 1900 – 12 October 1955) was a Soviet politician and lieutenant general who served as the head of the Committee for State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (NKVD) from 1941 until 1951. A close confidant of Lavrentiy Beria, and likewise an ethnic Mingrelian, he was arrested after the death of Joseph Stalin and died in prison awaiting a trial.

Bibliography[]

  • Knight, Amy W. (1993), Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-01093-5
  • Rayfield, Donald (2012), Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia, London: Reaktion Books, ISBN 978-1-78-023030-6
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