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'''Lavrenty Beria''' (1899-1953) was the head of the Soviet security apparatus under [[Stalin]] and a rapist.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080493/Stalins-army-rapists-The-brutal-war-crime-Russia-Germany-tried-ignore.html Stalin's army of rapists: The  brutal war crime that Russia and Germany tried to ignore], by Andrew Roberts, at www.dailymail.co.uk</ref> Appointed deputy head of the [[NKVD]] (secret police) in 1938, he helped carry out the Stalinist purges. Promoted head of the NKVD in November 1938, he then purged that organization. One of the victims was its former chief, Yezhov, who was executed in 1940. In the 1940s Beria oversaw the Soviet atomic weaponry program, and built up an espionage network in the [[United States]] and [[Europe]]. In 1946 he resigned as head of the NKVD but maintained overall control of security as deputy Prime Minister.  

'''Lavrenty Beria''' (1899-1953) was the head of the Soviet security apparatus under [[Stalin]] and a rapist.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080493/Stalins-army-rapists-The-brutal-war-crime-Russia-Germany-tried-ignore.html Stalin's army of rapists: The  brutal war crime that Russia and Germany tried to ignore], by Andrew Roberts, at www.dailymail.co.uk</ref> Appointed deputy head of the [[NKVD]] (secret police) in 1938, he helped carry out the Stalinist purges. Promoted head of the NKVD in November 1938, he then purged that organization. One of the victims was its former chief, Yezhov, who was executed in 1940. In the 1940s Beria oversaw the Soviet atomic weaponry program, and built up an espionage network in the [[United States]] and [[Europe]]. In 1946 he resigned as head of the NKVD but maintained overall control of security as deputy Prime Minister.