Word: zodelava
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...Georgian nationalism, protesting Great Russian oppression. And as usual in such cases, the punishment was purge-this time "in Stalin's manner," as Radio Tiflis neatly put it. Nearly every ranking Communist in the Georgian Soviet lost his job for fostering "bourgeois nationalism," including three top officials-Baramiya, Zodelava and Rapava. The Politburocrat responsible for Georgian affairs was obviously in trouble. He was Lavrenty Beria, and in proof of his displeasure, Stalin forced the police chief personally to lead the purge of the very Georgian leaders whom he himself had appointed. Now, having outlived his old master, Beria...
...Beria-was merged with Interior under a new Beria protege: Vladimir G. Dekanozov. To head the government, Beria chose Valerian Bakradze, who was removed as Premier in the purges of '37; Bakradze proved his loyalty by restoring the three Beria men purged by Stalin last year-Baramiya, Zodelava and Rapava. "They were always loyal to Soviet society," said Bakradze, and gave them jobs in his cabinet...
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