Gennadi Berulava became head of Abkhazia's State Security Service after the outbreak of the 1992-1993 war with Georgia. He had been Deputy Head under his predecessor, Grigori Komoshvili, since 1985.[1] In early October 1993, after the war had ended, he was dismissed and succeeded by Astamur Tarba.[1][2]
Berulava was born on 19 November 1942 in Sukhumi, and died in April 2013.[1]
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- ^ Perevozkina, Marina (25 August 2011). "Завтра Абхазию может возглавить главный оппонент Владислава Ардзинба". Moskovsky Komsomolets. Archived from the original on 13 September 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2013.