Under this dictator's rul
Under this dictator's rule, Lavrenti Beria ("lahv-REN-tee BARE-ee-uh") led the NKVD secret police during the Great Purges. He ordered the creation of Five-Year Plans and the killing of his rival, Leon Trotsky. For 10 points, control of the Soviet Union passed from Vladimir Lenin to what Georgian whose name means "man of steel"?
Under this dictator's rule, Lavrenti Beria ("lahv-REN-tee BARE-ee-uh") led the NKVD secret police during the Great Purges.
Joseph {Stalin} [or Ioseb Dzhugashvili]