Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovichlevrĕn´tyē päv´levĬch bâ´rēe, 1899-1953, Soviet Communist leader, b.
He rose to prominence in the Cheka (secret police) in Georgia and the Transcaucasus, became party secretary in these areas, and in 1938 became head of the secret police.
Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, Sergei PavlovichsyĬrgā´ päv´levĬch dyä´gĬlyĬf, 1872-1929, Russian ballet impresario and art critic, grad.