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LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH BERIA: (1899 - 1953) Russian politician, the dreaded head of Stalin's security...

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LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH BERIA: (1899 - 1953) Russian politician, the dreaded head of Stalin's security...
LAVRENTY PAVLOVICH BERIA: (1899 - 1953) Russian politician, the dreaded head of Stalin's security agency, the NKVD, who oversaw the Great Purge of 1934-38 and ordered the deaths of thousands. Unable to resist the power of his position, Beria sought to succeed Stalin and was in turn tried and executed himself. Fine A.E.S. on a T.L.S. 1p. 4to., Moscow, Sept. 17, 1946. In the aftermath of the devastation caused by World War II, the directors and teachers in what appears to be a primary school write to Beria, complaining that having one of his officers in their school was disrupting learning, and appealing to him because of his love of children! Using a red pencil, Beria underlines several sentences then writes in the upper left margin: "Referred to Comrade Mikoyan. L. Beria". Anastas Mikoyan (1895 - 1978) eventually became Chairman of the Presidium under Krushchev. Very good condition. $500-700