Lavrentiy Tsanava

Lavrentiy Tsanava Лаврентий Фомич Цанава (ru) ლავრენტი ცანავა (ka)
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 (1900-08-09)9 August 1900 Nakhunavo, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	12 October 1955(1955-10-12) (aged 55) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava (Russian: Лаврентий Фомич Цанава; Georgian language: ლავრენტი ცანავა

born Lavrentiy Janjghava Russian

Лаврентий Джанджгава; Georgian language: ლავრენტი ჯანჯღავა

, ; 9 August 1900 – 12 October 1955) was a Soviet politician who served as the head of the Committee for State Security of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (KGB) from 1941 until 1951. A close confidant of Lavrentiy Beria, and likewise an ethnic Mingrelian from Abkhazia, he was arrested after the death of Joseph Stalin and died in prison awaiting a trial.

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.