Beria

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Mingrelian; especially when referring to Lavrentiy Beria, NKVD chief under Stalin's administration and one of the main architect of the Great Purge.

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lavrenti pavlovich beria

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Берия (Berija), ultimately from Mingrelian ბერია (beria).

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