Lavrentiy Tsanava

Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava (Russian: Лаврентий Фомич Цанава; Georgian: ლავრენტი ცანავა; born Lavrentiy Janjghava Russian: Лаврентий Джанджгава; Georgian: ლავრენტი ჯანჯღავა, ; 9 August 1900 12 October 1955) was a Soviet politician and lieutenant general who served as the head of the Committee for State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (NKVD) from 1941 until 1951. A close confidant of Lavrentiy Beria, and likewise an ethnic Mingrelian, he was arrested after the death of Joseph Stalin and died in prison awaiting a trial.

Lavrentiy Tsanava
Лаврентий Фомич Цанава (Russian)
ლავრენტი ცანავა (Georgian)
Minister of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
15 March 1946  29 October 1951
Preceded byFormerly People's Commissar of State Security
Succeeded byMikhial Baskakov
People's Commissar of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
7 May 1943  15 March 1946
Preceded byPosition restored
Succeeded byRenamed Minister of State Security
People's Commissar of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
26 February 1941  31 July 1941
Preceded byEstablished
Succeeded byPosition abolished
People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
17 December 1938  26 February 1941
Preceded byAlexei Nasedkin
Succeeded byAlexander Matveyev
Personal details
Born
Lavrentiy Fomich Janjghava

(1900-08-09)9 August 1900
Nakhunavo, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died12 October 1955(1955-10-12) (aged 55)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Bibliography

  • Knight, Amy W. (1993), Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-01093-5
  • Rayfield, Donald (2012), Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia, London: Reaktion Books, ISBN 978-1-78-023030-6
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