Towards the end of this man's life, he implicated many of his country's Jewish doctors in a supposed plot to kill important politicians. Thousands of people died during this man's construction of a White Sea Canal, and this man's secret police were led by Lavrenti Beria. His rule saw the Holodomor famine in the Ukraine and his agents assassinated Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. Under this man's leadership, his country won their Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany, after which he occupied most of Eastern Europe. For 10 points, name this longtime dictator of the Soviet Union.
Towards the end of this man's life, he implicated many of his country's Jewish doctors in a supposed plot to kill important politicians. Thousands of people died during this man's construction of a White Sea Canal, and this man's secret police were led by Lavrenti Beria. His rule saw the Holodomor famine in the Ukraine and his agents assassinated Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. Under this man's leadership, his country won their Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany, after which he occupied most of Eastern Europe. For 10 points, name this longtime dictator of the Soviet Union.
Towards the end of this man's life, he implicated many of his country's Jewish doctors in a supposed plot to kill important politicians.
Joseph {Stalin} [or Ioseb {Jughashvili}]