Born in Georgia with the surname of Dzhugashvili, FTP, name this Soviet leader from 1924 to 1953.
In his time he was called the "grey blur" for his desire to avoid the limelight.  Before he could set the so-called "Doctor's Plot" in motion, he died under mysterious circumstances.  Earlier, following his instigation of the "engineers' trial," he had the competent Marshal Tukhachevsky executed as a foreign spy.  His rise to power came after twice editing Pravda and outmaneuvering both Grigory Zinoviev and his chief rival, whom he had assassinated in Mexico.  Born in Georgia with the surname of Dzhugashvili, FTP, name this Soviet leader from 1924 to 1953.
In his time he was called the "grey blur" for his desire to avoid the limelight.  
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (accept early: Iosif Dzhugashvili)