Speech by L.P. Beria at a ceremonial rally in Tbilisi (1938)

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Georgia L.P. Beria at the podium of a rally in May 1937 in Tbilisi, dedicated to the upcoming elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR and the nomination of I.V. Stalin, faces of applauding rally participants.

Views of the rally, rally participants greet Beria.

Beria speaks from the podium (synchronously and off-screen).

View of the rally.

Portraits of the leadership of the USSR and the NKVD on the facade of the building, a circular panorama of buildings around the square.

Loudspeaker horns on a pole.

Panorama of the square and views during the rally (from above).

Faces of the rally participants.

Faces of NKVD officers.

Beria continues his speech (synchronously and off-screen).

Applauding rally participants, an NKVD officer raises his hand to the peak of his cap.

Views of the rally, faces of the people.

Beria continues his speech (synchronously and off-screen).

Red Army soldiers and commanders listen to Beria's speech while sitting by the radio.

Faces of Red Army soldiers and commanders.

Faces of people on the streets of Tbilisi listening to Beria's speech broadcast on loudspeakers.

A man listens to the radio broadcast of the rally while sitting by the radio installed on the windowsill.

View of the rally in Tbilisi.

Faces of rally participants.

People by the pole with a loudspeaker.

Gori residents listen to the radio broadcast of Beria's speech on the streets of the city.

View of part of the rally in Tbilisi.

A man with a child in his arms.

Panorama and views of the rally.

Beria continues his speech (synchronously and off-screen).

Faces of women, view of part of the rally.

Beria speaks from the rostrum (synchronously and off-screen).

Women at home listen to Beria's speech on the radio, faces of women.

People on the streets of Tbilisi by the loudspeakers during the radio broadcast of the rally.

Faces of applauding rally participants, views and panorama of the square during the rally (from above).

Beria on the rostrum.

Participants of the rally applaud.

Views and panoramas of the rally, faces of the participants of the rally.

Beria continues his speech (synchronously and off-screen).

View and panorama of the rally.

Beria on the podium after finishing his speech, participants of the rally applaud.

Demonstration on the streets of Tbilisi on May 13, 1938 in support of the candidacy of Stalin and Molotov in the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR. A banner with a slogan in honor of Stalin on the facade of one of the buildings.