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Beria Lavrenti Pavlovich . 1899--1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For a brief period at the very end of the Soviet era, a dozen years ago, Moscow's public debates were dominated by fresh discoveries about the darkest aspects of the Soviet era and by loud cries of "never again" For an even briefer moment, it seemed as though these revelations had terminally discredited both the individuals (Stalin, Beria, and the likes of Nikishov) and the institutions (such as the Communist Party and the secret police) which had practiced repression on such a titanic scale. Beria was no boy scout, to be sure, but neither was he the monster of Cold War lore. B&W's CEO (played with oozing malice by Michael Gambon) is photographed by Dante Spinotti as a sort of Beria ensconced in a building of shadowy corridors patrolled by security guards who look like the worst thugs ever trained by the KGB. |
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