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There were legends about the love affairs of Lavrenty Beria, although for more than 30 years Nino Gegechkori, a woman who had to endure many trials, remained his only wife. Until the last days, she refused to believe in those horrifying facts that were told about her husband. What of this is part of the legend, and what really happened in their family?

Nino Gegechkori, wife of Beria

Nino Gegechkori met her future husband when she was only 16 years old, and he was 22. Then he proposed to her. Later there were rumors that the girl was married without her consent, but Nino herself said: “Without saying a word to anyone, I married Lavrenty. And immediately after that, rumors spread around the city that Lavrenty had kidnapped me. No, there was nothing of the sort. I married him of my own accord." Beria himself at that time was interested in marriage, since he had to go to Belgium to study the issues of oil refining, and to travel abroad it was necessary to become a married man.


Nino Beria until the last days tried to debunk the myth about her wife

While Beria was in power, Nino managed to avoid the fate of other wives of party leaders - she was not repressed, like the spouses of Kalinin, Poskrebyshev and Molotov. However, after Beria's arrest, she and their son Sergo spent more than a year in solitary confinement. During daily interrogations, she was forced to testify against her husband. But she either really did not know about his crimes, or pretended not to know - however, she refused to testify against her husband.


Lavrenty Beria and his wife Nino Gegechkori

The accusations leveled against her sounded absurd. “I was absolutely seriously accused of bringing one bucket of red earth from the Non-Chernozem zone of Russia. The fact is that I worked at the agricultural academy and was engaged in soil research. Indeed, at one time, at my request, a bucket of red soil was brought by plane. But since the plane was state-owned, it turned out that I used state transport for personal purposes, ”said Nino.


Beria and Stalin

After 16 months of imprisonment, Beria's wife was sent to Sverdlovsk, and after the expiration of the exile, she received permission to live in any city except Moscow. Nino and Sergo settled in Kyiv. Those who knew her personally said that she was a very kind and intelligent woman, in addition, she was called one of the most beautiful Kremlin wives. In 1990, Nino gave an interview in which she stated: “I never interfered in my husband's official affairs. The leaders of that time did not dedicate wives to their affairs, so I cannot say anything about it. The fact that he was accused of high treason is, of course, demagoguery - he had to be accused of something. In 1953 there was a coup. They were afraid that after the death of Stalin, Beria would not take his place. I knew my husband: he was a man of practical mind and understood that after Stalin's death it was impossible for a Georgian to become the head of state. Therefore, probably, he went to meet the person he needed, such as Malenkov.


Beria with his wife, son Sergo and daughter-in-law Marfa

Until her death in 1991, Nino denied her husband's guilt - both in regard to his political activities and in relation to love affairs. In one of her last interviews, she described Beria as a quiet and calm person, a wonderful family man, a loving husband and father. Nino was sure that he was killed without trial or investigation on trumped-up charges. She refused to believe the stories about the thousands of women raped and tortured by her husband, calling it counterintelligence stories. Allegedly, Khrushchev actually just benefited from denigrating his most dangerous competitor.


Lavrenty Beria and his wife Nino Gegechkori

In response to the evidence presented, Nino said: “One day the warden told me that 760 women recognized themselves as Beria's mistresses. An amazing thing: Lavrenty was busy working day and night when he had to make love with a legion of these women ?! In fact, everything was different. During the war and later, he headed intelligence and counterintelligence. These women were his collaborators, informants, and only had direct contact with him. And then, when they were asked about their relationship with the boss, of course, everyone said that they were his mistresses! And what were they to do? Recognize the charge of undercover subversive work?!"


Malenkov and Beria

Whether the “legion” was an exaggeration is hard to say, but many knew that Beria had a second unofficial wife. There is conflicting evidence about their relationship. It is known that at the time of their acquaintance, Valentina Drozdova (or Lyalya, as he called her) was a schoolgirl, and that for a long time he actually lived in two families. After Beria's arrest, Valentina claimed that he forced her into cohabitation against her will. He himself gave other testimony: "I had the best relationship with Drozdova."


Lavrenty Beria

LAVRENTY BERIA, HIS WIFE AND OTHER WOMEN

Sexual exploits of L.P. Beria have already become the talk of the town. When he was tried, he challenged the testimony of many of the charges. In this one, he just waved his hand:

Let's not argue. I admit all the sins, no matter how many there are ...

And more than seven hundred and fifty women were written to his personal account, seduced, raped, ruined by him. They were of very different ages - from teenage girls to ladies wise in life experience - the wives of prominent Soviet dignitaries and military leaders. And sometimes it’s not even clear whether the husband was repressed because his wife ended up in the Beria collection, or was it just the opposite? ..

It is generally accepted that Lavrenty Pavlovich was most often interested in women with the sole purpose of enjoying and forgetting. And only one person until the end of his days, perhaps, was sure that Beria communicated with women only for the good of the state - they, they say, supplied him with valuable intelligence information. This person is the wife of L.P. Beria Nino Teimurazovna Gegechkori.

Here is her story, recorded by journalist Teimuraz Koridze in 1990.

“On the outskirts of a large city, stretching along the banks of the Dnieper, on a quiet street immersed in greenery, on the fourth floor of an ordinary“ Khrushchev ”with three tiny rooms, an eighty-six-year-old Georgian woman lives, whose sharp mind and lively eyes are not yet subject to time,” he begins his story . - But for a long time she practically does not go out without outside help. Her walks are limited to the apartment, where she moves slowly, leaning on a stick. All she has is a son and a grandson.

Modernity has long forgotten her - it was so pleasing to the state machine, which in an instant could make a person the most influential person or send him to camps - a machine that was actually created by her husband. Few people know her name now - except perhaps for a few historians who specialize in research about Stalin and his entourage and who, by the way, have long considered this woman to have died in the meat grinder of the camps.

In the history of the Soviet Union, it did not leave any noticeable trace either in foreign or domestic policy. She never traveled abroad as part of official delegations and very rarely attended official receptions in the Kremlin - "the wives of political figures did not take part in political affairs." And yet, for almost 15 years, she bore the official title of the first Soviet lady. Nino Teimurazovna Gegechkori was the wife of a man whose name today is remembered by many with fear, and some with admiration. Her husband was Lavrenty Beria.

Old age did not manage to destroy traces of former beauty on her face. Time has not erased her memory, and the years of separation from her homeland have not erased her magnificent Georgian language, in which she speaks the same way as in Russian. Let's listen to Nino Gegechkori's story...

I was born into a poor family. It became especially difficult for my mother after my father died. At that time in Georgia, wealthy families could be counted on the fingers. The time was also turbulent - revolutions, political parties, riots. I grew up in the family of my relative - Alexander Gegechkori, or simply Sasha, who took me to his place to help my mother. We lived then in Kutaisi, where I studied at the primary girls' school. For participation in revolutionary activities, Sasha often went to prison, and his wife Vera went to meet him. I was still small, everything was interesting to me, and I always ran with Vera to prison on these dates. By the way, the prisoners were treated well back then. I did not say, of course, that my future husband was in the same cell with Sasha, how could I know him. And he seems to remember me.

After Soviet power was established in Georgia, Sasha, an active participant in the revolution, was transferred to Tbilisi and elected chairman of the Tbilisi Revolutionary Committee. I also moved with them. By that time I was already an adult girl, and my relationship with my mother did not work out. I remember that I had the only pair of good shoes, but Vera did not allow me to wear them every day so that they would be worn longer. So I went to school in old rags and tried not to walk along crowded streets - I was so ashamed of my poor clothes.

I remember how, in the first days of the establishment of Soviet power in Georgia, students organized a demonstration of protest against the new government. I also participated in this demonstration. The students were dispersed with water from a fire hose, and I got soaked from head to toe. Wet, I ran home, and Sasha's wife asked: “What happened?” I told how it was. Vera grabbed the belt and gave me a good beating, saying: “You live in the family of Sasha Gegechkori, but you participate in demonstrations against him?!”

Once, on the way to school, Lavrenty met me. After the establishment of Soviet power in Georgia, he often went to Sasha, and I already knew him quite well. He began to pester me with a conversation and said: “Whether you like it or not, we must definitely meet and talk.” I agreed, and later we met in Nadzalavedi Park in Tbilisi. My sister and brother-in-law lived in that area, and I knew the park well. We sat down on a bench. Lawrence was wearing a black coat and a student cap. He said that he had been watching me for a long time and that he really liked me. And then he said that he loves me and wants me to marry him. Then I was sixteen and a half years old, while Lavrenty was 22 years old.

He explained that the new government was sending him to Belgium to study the experience of oil refining. However, the only requirement was put forward - Lavrenty had to marry. In addition, he promised to help me in my studies. I thought about it and agreed - rather than live in someone else's house, even with relatives, it is better to get married and create your own family. So, without saying a word to anyone, I married Lawrence. And immediately after that, rumors spread around the city that Lavrenty had kidnapped me. No, there was nothing of the sort. I married him of my own accord.

We lived in Baku for one year, and then returned to Tbilisi. In 1924, our first child, Sergo, was born. In 1926 I graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy at Tbilisi University and started working at the Tbilisi Agricultural Institute as a research assistant. But we didn't manage to go abroad. At first, Lavrenty's business trip was postponed, then some problems appeared, and Lavrenty plunged headlong into his state affairs. And then no one sent us abroad.

We lived in poverty - that was the time then. Prosperous, human life was then considered indecent. After all, the revolution was made against the rich and fought against wealth. In 1931, Lavrenty was appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia. Before him, Kartvelishvili worked in this post. He was a strange person. It seems that the high position spoiled him. Only one Russian, Ershov, worked in his office. So, Kartvelishvili stole his wife. It was only later that the woman left Kartvelishvili, when he was removed from all posts.

Lavrenty spent day and night at work. He had practically no time for his family. He worked very hard. Now it is easy to criticize, but then there was a fierce struggle. The Soviet government had to win. Do you remember what Stalin wrote about the enemies of socialism? So after all those enemies really existed.

Yes, I personally knew this man. At one time we often went to visit each other. Indeed, Stalin was a very stern man, with a cruel character. But who can prove that at that time it was necessary to have a different character, that it was possible to do without cruelty? Stalin wanted to create a large and powerful state. And he did it. Of course, there were no casualties. But why did other politicians at that time not see another road that would lead to the cherished goal without loss?

So Sveta (4) wrote to her that her father treated her cruelly. Yes, Sveta grew up before my eyes. She was a very smart and determined girl. It was impossible not to love her. Stalin did not have a soul in her. And can you imagine his feelings when his beloved daughter one day tells her father that she fell in love with a man who is 23 years older than her and wants to marry him? This "chosen one" was a Jew, director Kapler. What would you do if your sixteen-year-old daughter shocked you with such news? The father slapped his daughter. And Kappler got what he deserved. He didn't like Light. I am sure that he wanted to enter the circle of Stalin's family.

Now there are many stories about Stalin. But in reality, he was an ordinary person with his own shortcomings and negative traits. It is said that he did not pay attention to his children. How did you not give it? I will say that he did not pay too much attention to his children. He believed that they should find their own way in life on their own. Why other evidence when there is an example of his son Jacob.

We moved to Moscow at the end of 1938. By that time, the repressions of 1937 were already a thing of the past. And my husband is accused of these repressions, not taking into account such an important fact. So it's more convenient - there is a person on whom you can hang all the sins. I am sure that someday they will write an objective history and it will put everything in its place. I won't live to see this paradise. But you will survive...

Son of Mikoyan, who writes absurd things, what does he know? He knows nothing, but still writes. Perhaps he wants to show himself to be a know-it-all. This is what dishonest people do. The tragedy of the Vano Sturua family was blamed on Lavrentiy. This is a very unfair slander… You know, there was such a mechanism at that time, and no one could stop it or change direction. Nor could Lavrenty.

I receive Georgian newspapers - "Literary Georgia", "Motherland", "Tbilisi", I also receive magazines. Here I will show you "Ciskari". Here is printed a poem by Gabriel Jabushanuri, which was written during Stalin's lifetime. But it has just been published. Of course, you can not love a person, but you can not write about him in such a tone. Even if everything he did was wrong, then let others blame Stalin, but not the Georgians ...

I have never interfered in my husband's business affairs. In those days, party apparatchiks knew how to put the wives of high-ranking officials in their place. Now everything is different ... Therefore, I can’t say anything about Lavrenty’s official affairs. And what he is officially accused of - anti-state activities - is just demagogy. After all, something had to be invented.

In 1953, they organized a coup - they were afraid that Beria would become Stalin's successor. I knew my husband and his character well. I'm sure he would have had the sense not to fight for this place. He was a rational and practical person, he knew that after Stalin a Georgian would not be put at the head of the state. No one could imagine such an outcome of events. Lavrenty, probably, would have helped a person who claimed the post of head of the party and state. Such a person could be, for example, Malenkov ...

In June 1953, my son Sergo and I were suddenly arrested and sent to different prisons. And only Sergo's family was not touched - his wife with three children remained at home. Sergo's wife's name was Marfa, and her maiden name was Peshkova, because she was the granddaughter of Maxim Gorky.

At first we thought that there was a coup d'état or something like a counter-revolution and an anti-communist clique came to power. They put me in Butyrka. Every day I was called in for questioning, and the investigator demanded that I testify against my husband. He said that the people were outraged by the actions of Lawrence. I categorically stated that I would not give any evidence, either good or bad. After this statement, I was no longer touched.

I spent more than a year in Butyrka. What were the charges against me? Do not laugh, I was absolutely seriously accused of bringing one bucket of red soil from the Non-Chernozem zone of Russia.

The fact is that I worked at the agricultural academy and was engaged in soil research. Indeed, at one time, at my request, a bucket of red pound was brought by plane. But since the plane was state-owned, it turned out that I used state transport for personal purposes.

The second accusation was related to my use of hired labor. A well-known tailor, whose name was Sasha, lived in Tbilisi. Once he came to Moscow, and I ordered a dress from him, for which, of course, I paid. Perhaps this is what was called "wage labor". To be honest, I don’t remember now if I had any Tbilisi tailor in Moscow. Maybe he was. But I paid money. I don't understand what my crime was.

Among other accusations, I heard that I rode horses with golden bells from Kutaisi to Tbilisi. I once rode horses, but golden bells - this has never happened. You know, people are a lot of fiction and love to pass off fantasies as real.

Somehow a person close to me came to me in prison, who wanted only good things for me. He suggested that I write a statement about my poor health. Based on this application, I was to be transferred to the hospital. Yes, I really lived in a cell in very difficult conditions - you probably heard about a solitary punishment cell, where you could neither lie nor sit. This is how I spent over a year. I refused the hospital, because the overseer, who was sympathetic to me, whispered in my ear: “There are rumors that you have lost your mind and are in a mental hospital.”

One day, the investigator stated that they had information allegedly that 760 women called themselves Beria's mistresses. That's it, and nothing more. Lavrenty spent day and night at work. When did he manage to turn a whole legion of women into his mistresses? In my opinion, everything was different. During the war and after Lavrenty led intelligence and counterintelligence. So all these women were intelligence workers, its agents and informants. And only Lavrenty maintained contact with them. He had a phenomenal memory. All his official connections, including those with these women, he kept in his head. But when these employees began to be asked about their relationship with their boss, they naturally stated that they were his mistresses. And why did you want them to call themselves informers and agents of the special services?

Such is the female logic.

The most interesting thing is that N.T. Gegechkori is right to some extent. Both the NKVD, the GPU, and the KGB made extensive use of women in their work. Moreover, all their talents were equally used, including sexual ones. Here are just a few examples...