Beria
Meanings
name
- 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.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Берия (Berija), ultimately from Mingrelian ბერია (beria).
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