At that time, a Bolshevik revolt took place in the Democratic Republic of Georgia, and the Red Army subsequently invaded the country. The Cheka became heavily involved in the conflict, which resulted in the formation of the Georgian Soviet Socialistic Republic. Beria led the repression of a Georgian nationalist uprising in 1924, after which about 10,000 people were executed.
In 1926, he was introduced to his fellow-Georgian Joseph Stalin and became an ally in Stalin's rise to power.
In 1931 Beria was appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia which was the leading position in the Georgian Communist Party during the Soviet era and in 1934 he became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which was the executive leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union directing all party and governmental activities. By 1935, Beria had become one of Stalin's most trusted subordinates.
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