# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lavrentiy-tsanava
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:56:09.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lavrentiy-tsanava"
name: "Lavrentiy Tsanava"
slug: "lavrentiy-tsanava"
description: "Lavrentiy Fomich Tsanava, born Lavrentiy Janjghava, 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."
tagline: "Head of the Belarusian SSR KGB (1900–1955)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1900-08-09"
deathDate: "1955-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.177901333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Цанава Лаврентій Хомич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Лаўрэнці Цанава"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Лаўрэнцій Фаміч Цанава"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavrentiy_Tsanava"
    title: "Lavrentiy Tsanava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90"
    title: "ლავრენტი ცანავა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81awrientij_Canawa"
    title: "Ławrientij Canawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Цанава, Лаврентий Фомич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1993808"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump