1953 Death Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed 1953 Event Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist] 1953 Event Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested 1953 Event Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Malenkov 1938 Event LP Beria follows Nikolai Jezjov as head of Russian secret police 1899 Birthday Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
