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Georgia

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Georgia

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Chronology

5 events

1879 December 21

  • Birth of losif Vissarionovich Stalin - . Nation: Georgia, Russia. Related Persons: Stalin. Georgian-Russian politician. Leader of the Soviet Union, 1924-1953..

1899 March 29

  • Birth of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria - . Nation: Georgia, Russia. Related Persons: Beria. Georgian-Russian officer. Soviet security apparatus chief until toppled after death of Stalin 1953. In charge of Soviet development of nuclear weapons and rocketry, 1944-1953..

1953 March 5

  • Death of losif Vissarionovich Stalin - . Nation: Georgia, Russia. Related Persons: Stalin. Georgian-Russian politician. Leader of the Soviet Union, 1924-1953..

1953 December 23

  • Death of Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria - . Nation: Georgia, Russia. Related Persons: Beria. Georgian-Russian officer. Soviet security apparatus chief until toppled after death of Stalin 1953. In charge of Soviet development of nuclear weapons and rocketry, 1944-1953..

1959 January 3

  • Birth of Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin - . Nation: Georgia, Russia. Related Persons: Yurchikhin. Georgian-Russian engineer cosmonaut 1997-on. 537 cumulative days in space. Engineer, Energia NPO. 5 spaceflights, 672.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-112 (2002), Soyuz TMA-10, Soyuz TMA-19, Soyuz TMA-09M, Soyuz MS-04..