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 by	Formerly People's Commissar of State Security
Succeeded by	Mikhial Baskakov
People's Commissar of State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office 7 May 1943 – 15 March 1946
Preceded by	Position restored
Succeeded by	Renamed 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 by	Established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
In office 17 December 1938 – 26 February 1941
Preceded by	Alexei Nasedkin
Succeeded by	Alexander Matveyev
Personal details
Born	Lavrentiy Fomich Janjghava 9 August 1900 Nakhunavo, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	12 October 1955 (aged 55) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	Communist 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