Which country was Lavrentiy Beria originally from?
Russia
Armenia
Georgia
Ukraine
Answer
Lavrentiy Beria was born in Georgia. He was a Georgian Bolshevik revolutionary and politician who was one of the most powerful and influential figures in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. Beria was a member of the Politburo from 1939 to 1953, and he was the head of the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, from 1938 to 1953.
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