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ARTICLES RELATED TO Lavrenty Beria | | | |  Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Lavrenty Beria - Rise to powerBeria was born, the son of a peasant, in Merkheuli, near Sukhumi in the Abkhazian region of Georgia. He was educated at a technical school in Sukhumi, and is recorded as having joined the Bolshevik Party in March 1917 while an engineering student in Baku. (Some sources say that the Baku Party records are forgeries and that Beria actually joined the Party in 1919. It is also alleged that Beria joined and then deserted from the Red Army a ...
See also:Lavrenty Beria, Lavrenty Beria - Rise to power, Lavrenty Beria - Beria at the NKVD, Lavrenty Beria - Postwar politics, Lavrenty Beria - After Stalin, Lavrenty Beria - Beria's fall, Lavrenty Beria - Allegations against Beria Read more here: » Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Lavrenty Beria - Rise to power |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia - Russia The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Europe and Asia. With an area of 17,075,200 km² (6,595,600 mi²), it is the largest country in the world (by land mass), covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest country, Canada. I ...
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - History of socialism - Early socialists
Further information: History of socialism in Great Britain, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and See also: History of socialism, History of socialism - Early socialists, History of socialism - Marxism and the socialist movement, History of socialism - Social Democracy to 1917, History of socialism - Socialism and Communism 1917-39, History of socialism - Social Democracy 1945-70, History of socialism - The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe 1945-1985, History of socialism - Final Years for the Soviet Union 1985-91, History of socialism - Socialism in China 1945-65, History of socialism - Socialism in China Since the Cultural Revolution, History of socialism - The New Left and the Old in Academia, History of socialism - The radicalization of psychoanalysis, History of socialism - Structuralism, History of socialism - Deconstruction, History of socialism - Feminism, History of socialism - criticism of the new left by the old, History of socialism - Third World Socialism, History of socialism - The Crisis of Socialism, History of socialism - Relevant articles Read more here: » History of socialism: Encyclopedia II - History of socialism - Early socialists |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - History of nuclear weapons - History
History of nuclear weapons - Prelude: Physics and politics in the 1930s.
See the main articles at History of physics, Nazi Germany, and World War II.
In the first decades of the twentieth century, physics was revolutionized with developments in the understanding of the nature of atoms. In 1898, Marie Curie and her husband Pierre had discovered that present in pitchblende, an ore of uranium, was a substance which emitted large amounts of radioactivity, which they named radium. This raise ...
See also:History of nuclear weapons, History of nuclear weapons - History, History of nuclear weapons - Prelude: Physics and politics in the 1930s, History of nuclear weapons - From Los Alamos to Hiroshima, History of nuclear weapons - Soviet atomic bomb project, History of nuclear weapons - The hydrogen bomb and the power of the Sun, History of nuclear weapons - Nuclear strategy and the knot of war, History of nuclear weapons - Cold War, History of nuclear weapons - Nuclear proliferation Read more here: » History of nuclear weapons: Encyclopedia II - History of nuclear weapons - History |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Nuclear arms race - Early Cold War The years immediately after the Second World War the Americans had a nuclear monopoly, on both specific knowledge and, most importantly, raw materials. Initially it was thought that uranium was relatively rare in the world, but this was discovered to be incorrect. While American leaders hoped the monopoly would be able to win concessions out of the Soviet Union, this proved ineffective. Stalin knew that he was at a disadvantage. However, he felt that the only solution was to bluff that he was certain the Americans would not use the weapons, ...
See also:Nuclear arms race, Nuclear arms race - World War II, Nuclear arms race - Early Cold War, Nuclear arms race - Mutually Assured Destruction, Nuclear arms race - Cuban Missile Crisis, Nuclear arms race - Détente, Nuclear arms race - Reagan and Star Wars, Nuclear arms race - Post-Cold War, Nuclear arms race - India and Pakistan, Nuclear arms race - Milestone nuclear explosions Read more here: » Nuclear arms race: Encyclopedia II - Nuclear arms race - Early Cold War |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Great Purge - The Moscow Trials Main article: Moscow Trials.
Between 1936 and 1938 three Moscow Trials of former senior Communist Party leaders were held. The defendants were accused of conspiring with the western powers to assassinate Stalin and other Soviet leaders, dismember the Soviet Union and restore capitalism.
The first trial was of 16 members of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Centre," held in August 1936, at which the chief defendants were Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev, two of the most prominent former party leaders. ...
See also:Great Purge, Great Purge - The Moscow Trials, Great Purge - Purge of the army, Great Purge - The wider purge, Great Purge - Ex-kulaks, Great Purge - National operations of NKVD, Great Purge - End of Yezhovshchina, Great Purge - Western reactions, Great Purge - Rehabilitation, Great Purge - Victim toll, Great Purge - Soviet investigation commissions, Great Purge - Skepticism and denial, Great Purge - Notes, Great Purge - Further reading and references Read more here: » Great Purge: Encyclopedia II - Great Purge - The Moscow Trials |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - List of Estonian rulers - Vaddjamå (partly on the territory of Estonia)
Title: Elder (Vanem) (- 12th century)
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See also:List of Estonian rulers, List of Estonian rulers - Vaddjamå, List of Estonian rulers - Metsapoole, List of Estonian rulers - Sakala, List of Estonian rulers - Alempois, List of Estonian rulers - Harjumaa, List of Estonian rulers - Jogentagan, List of Estonian rulers - Järvamaa, List of Estonian rulers - Läänemaa, List of Estonian rulers - Mõhu, List of Estonian rulers - Nurmekund, List of Estonian rulers - Soopoolitse, List of Estonian rulers - Ugandi, List of Estonian rulers - Vaiga, List of Estonian rulers - Virumaa, List of Estonian rulers - Hiiumaa, List of Estonian rulers - Revala, List of Estonian rulers - Saaremaa, List of Estonian rulers - Kievan Rus', List of Estonian rulers - Kingdom of Denmark, List of Estonian rulers - Bishopric of Dorpat, List of Estonian rulers - Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek, List of Estonian rulers - Livonian Order, List of Estonian rulers - Kindom of Poland, List of Estonian rulers - Dynastia Jagiellonów, List of Estonian rulers - Rzeczpospolita, List of Estonian rulers - Dynastia Jagiellonów, List of Estonian rulers - House of Vasa, List of Estonian rulers - Kingdom of Sweden, List of Estonian rulers - House of Vasa, List of Estonian rulers - House of Pfalz, List of Estonian rulers - House of Hesse, List of Estonian rulers - Kingdom of Livonia, List of Estonian rulers - House of Oldenburg, List of Estonian rulers - Muscovy, List of Estonian rulers - House of Romanov, List of Estonian rulers - Russia, List of Estonian rulers - House of Romanov, List of Estonian rulers - Russian Provisional Government 1917, List of Estonian rulers - Republic of Velise, List of Estonian rulers - German State, List of Estonian rulers - Hohenzollern, List of Estonian rulers - Estland, List of Estonian rulers - Soviet Republic of Naissaar, List of Estonian rulers - Republic of Estonia, List of Estonian rulers - Baltic Duchy, List of Estonian rulers - Commune of the Working People of Estonia, List of Estonian rulers - Estonian SSR, List of Estonian rulers - Soviet Union, List of Estonian rulers - Great-German State Read more here: » List of Estonian rulers: Encyclopedia II - List of Estonian rulers - Vaddjamå |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Gulag - History From 1918 camp-type detention facilities were set up, as a reformed extension of earlier labour camps (katorgas), operated in Siberia as a part of penal system in Imperial Russia. The two main types were "Vechecka Special-purpose Camps" ("особые лагеря ВЧК") and forced labor camps (лагеря принудительных работ). They were installed for various categories of people deemed dangerous for the state: for common criminals, for prisoners of the Russian Civil War, for officials accused of corruption, sabotage and embezzlement, various political enemies and dissidents, as well as former aristocrats, b ...
See also:Gulag, Gulag - Terminology, Gulag - Variety, Gulag - History, Gulag - Conditions, Gulag - Geography, Gulag - Influence, Gulag - Culture, Gulag - Colonization, Gulag - Life after term served, Gulag - Latest developments, Gulag - People, Gulag - Wikisource Read more here: » Gulag: Encyclopedia II - Gulag - History |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Vyacheslav Molotov - Postwar career In the postwar period Molotov's position began to decline. In 1949 he was replaced as Foreign Minister by Andrei Vishinsky, retaining his position as Deputy Prime Minister and membership of the Politburo. Following the death of Andrei Zhdanov, who had come to be seen as Stalin's most likely successor, Stalin and Beria began to plan a new purge, which would have removed most of the older party leaders, such as Molotov and Voroshilov, from their positions. New leaders, such as Georgii Malenk ...
See also:Vyacheslav Molotov, Vyacheslav Molotov - Origins and early life, Vyacheslav Molotov - Early career, Vyacheslav Molotov - Prime Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov - Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov - Postwar career Read more here: » Vyacheslav Molotov: Encyclopedia II - Vyacheslav Molotov - Postwar career |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Joseph Stalin - Stalin and changes in Soviet society
Joseph Stalin - Industrialization.
Main article: Industrialization of the USSR.
The Russian Civil War and War communism had a devastating effect on the country's economy. Industrial output in 1922 was 13% of that in 1914. A recovery followed under the New Economic Policy, which allowed a degree of market flexibility within the context of socialism. Under Stalin's direction, this was replaced by a system of centrally ordained Five-Year Plans in the late 1920s. These called for a highly ambitious program of state-g ...
See also:Joseph Stalin, Joseph Stalin - Childhood and early years, Joseph Stalin - Marriages and family, Joseph Stalin - Rise to power, Joseph Stalin - Campaign against the Left and Right Opposition, Joseph Stalin - Stalin and changes in Soviet society, Joseph Stalin - Industrialization, Joseph Stalin - Collectivization, Joseph Stalin - Science, Joseph Stalin - Social services, Joseph Stalin - Culture and religion, Joseph Stalin - Purges and deportations, Joseph Stalin - World War II, Joseph Stalin - Post-war era, Joseph Stalin - Stalin as theorist, Joseph Stalin - Death, Joseph Stalin - Cult of personality, Joseph Stalin - Policies and accomplishments, Joseph Stalin - Other names, Joseph Stalin - Stalin in arts, Joseph Stalin - Notes Read more here: » Joseph Stalin: Encyclopedia II - Joseph Stalin - Stalin and changes in Soviet society |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Background Julius Rosenberg was born to a Jewish family on May 12, 1918 in New York. He graduated from the City College of New York with a degree in electrical engineering in 1939 and in 1940 joined the Army Signal Corps where he worked on radar equipment. He became a leader in the Young Communist League, where in 1936 he met Ethel, whom he married three years later.
Ethel Greenglass was born on September 25, 1915 in New York, also to a Jewish family. She was an aspiring actress and singer, but eventually took a secretary job at a shipping company. She became involved in labor disputes and joined the Young Communist League, ...
See also:Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Background, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Trial and conviction, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Execution, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Posthumous revelations, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Controversy, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - The Rosenbergs' children, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - In fiction, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Notes Read more here: » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: Encyclopedia II - Ethel and Julius Rosenberg - Background |
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| | | | Lavrenty Beria: Encyclopedia II - First Chief Directorate - History of foreign intelligence in USSR From beginning foreign intelligence played important role in Soviet Union foreign policy. In USSR foreign intelligence was formally formed in 1920, as a foreign department of Cheka (Inostrannyj Otdiel - INO). But soviet intelligence services were formed during the [[Russian Civil War|Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. December 19, 1918, Central Committee Bureau of the RKP(b) had decide to combine front formations of Cheka and the Military Control Units, with were control by the Military Revolutionary Committee, and responsible for ...
See also:First Chief Directorate, First Chief Directorate - History of foreign intelligence in USSR, First Chief Directorate - Chiefs of foreign intelligence, First Chief Directorate - First Chief Directorate, First Chief Directorate - First functioning rezidentura, First Chief Directorate - KGB organization, First Chief Directorate - FCD organization, First Chief Directorate - Rezidentura organization, First Chief Directorate - References Read more here: » First Chief Directorate: Encyclopedia II - First Chief Directorate - History of foreign intelligence in USSR |
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