Execution of Lavrentiy Beria - Chief of Stalin's Secret Police & Most Hated Man in the Country . Lavrentiy Beria, a son of deeply religious Orthodox parents, was born on the 29th of March 1899 in the Georgian village of Merkheuli then part of the Russian Empire.
Young Beria attended a technical school and distinguished himself in mathematics and the sciences.
In March 1917 while a student in the Azerbaijan Baku technical university, Beria joined the Bolsheviks.
In the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which led to the collapse of the Russian Empire and allowed territories formerly under Saint Petersburg's rule to assert independence, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was created in 1918.
One year later, while he was still a student, Beria started his career in state security when the security service of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic hired him. In 1920 or 1921 he joined the Cheka, the original Bolshevik secret police.