Beria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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

Beria

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Берия (Berija), ultimately from Mingrelian ბერია (beria).

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