Ruler of Russia

[Gen. Rommel]

I voted for Lenin simply because I thought the Stalin that was made thus far looked nothing like him at all. This is of course a break of my normal philosophy that already made leaderheads needn't be remade but in this case, I'll make an exception. Anyways, Mao needs his rolemodel to be in the game as well.

But then again, I think Stalin was in no form a good leader. He weakened his nation in all forms thinkable: Militarily, economically, politically, and socially. His mass genocide of Russian generals crippled the Russian military making them an easy target for Germany during WWII, he Russian economy wasn't exactly booming when the Steel Man was in power, relationships with other states deteriorated during his reign (with the exception of countries with a strong communist movement, such as China for instance), and his people people were in continuous fear of him. Actually, nothing really speaks for this guy...but I guess that's why he's one of the most infamous people in history.

Ivan the Terrible would also be very interesting to use. He looks like a psycho, so it'd be interesting to see what you come up with Shiro.

For the new Russian leaderhead, a multiple leader LH would actually seem quite fitting. For the medieval era, Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible would be good. For industrial, either Stalin, Lenin, or Czar Alexander I. For modern, Nikita Kruschev, Boris Yeltzin, or Mikhail Gorbachev (I prefer the latter, and the melona spot on his head would make him very identifiable). No idea on the ancient era.

A good possible line up could be (I really like this idea):

Ancient - ????
Medieval - Ivan the Terrible
Industrial - Vladimir Lenin
Modern - Mikhail Gorbachev (the fact that all these guys are/were bald or partially bald will make the transitions between eras good, at least I would think).

For a slightly more tyranous line-up:

Ancient - ????
Medieval - Ivan the Terrible (the tyrant in person)
Industrial - Josef Stalin (one of the worst dictators of all time...which would actually make him one of the best, since dictators are good at being bad )
Modern - Nikita Kurschev/Boris Jeltzin (both have a very nasty reputation)

There's my suggestions!

 

[Virote_Considon]

(with the exception of countries with a strong communist movement, such as China for instance)

No, he had a very bad relationship with Communist China.

 

[Gen. Rommel]

No, quite on the contrary. Mao based all his teachings and structures on those imposed by Stalin on the Soviet Union during the time. In fact, Mao often visited Stalin for advice and for the sole purpose of conversing with one of his best friends.

The deterioration of Russian and Chinese relations you refer to occurred after Stalin's death, when Kruschev took office. Mao despised Kruschev and claimed that he was not a "true" communist the way Stalin had been. A few meetings between Mao and Kruschev are recorded where you can tell that Mao was "putting on a smile" for the media while the ties between Russia and China were actually crumbling. Eventually, Mao severed all ties with the USSR under Kruschev and declared to only structure his China in the ideals of Stalin. This lead to the coming about of Maoism.

 

[TopGun]

Pjotr Bolshoj for me.

 

[Plotinus]

[off topic]I knew that the PM was a fairly modern term, and I believe that it was originally intended as a bit of an insult. Wiki has a fairly interesting article on it - look at the section titled 'The Office'. [\off topic]

I stand corrected. Looks like the first "official" prime minister was therefore Lord Salisbury, who was also a pretty good prime minister, despite being a Tory.

 

[TopGun]

For the new Russian leaderhead, a multiple leader LH would actually seem quite fitting.

I strongly disagree with having different leaders in different eras. I like seeing the change in appearance of one person through the eras. It is a nice concept. Of course you can give the person the props and clothes to give him/her the appearance of the actual leader for that period, i.e. Peter the Great could wear Nikolai II's uniform and have Nikolai's beard for Industrial or one of Chrushchev's bad-fitting suits or Brezhnjev's fur hats for modern, but don't change the person him/herself.

 

[Gen. Rommel]

I strongly disagree with having different leaders in different eras. I like seeing the change in appearance of one person through the eras. It is a nice concept. Of course you can give the person the props and clothes to give him/her the appearance of the actual leader for that period, i.e. Peter the Great could wear Nikolai II's uniform and have Nikolai's beard for Industrial or one of Chrushchev's bad-fitting suits or Brezhnjev's fur hats for modern, but don't change the person him/herself.

Actually, that's exactly what I meant!

I would also think it to be quite rediculous to have a completely different person for each age, but as you said, giving them clothing and features typical of a certain person for that era would be a good idea. That means choosing a base person and using their face in all eras, however, with the added features to make them look similar to another person.

I believe we were onto the same idea there TopGun!

 

[ShiroKobbure]

Peter the Great wins.

 

[apotheion]

For the industrial age, I would recommend something along the lines of what Nicholas II wore. The picture here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Nicholas_II_of_Russia,_photograph.jpg


Nicholas II wasn't exactly the best tsar, but he certainly was one of the best-looking!

 

[W.i.n.t.e.r]

This is a tough decission... Peter, (Young) Catherine and Ivan (III) are really grand figures of Russian History. Ivan IV, The Terrible would have been fun as well- especialy due to his sombre looks and aura.

My vote is for Ivan III, The Great, however, "a Grand Prince of Moscow who first adopted a more pretentious title of the "grand duke of all the Russias". Sometimes referred to as the "gatherer of the Russian lands", he quadrupled the territory of his state, claimed Moscow to be a Third Rome, built the Moscow Kremlin, and laid foundations for the Russian autocracy.Ivan III is known as the founder of the “modern Russia state”. By using extensive power and force, he was able to increase and add to the territory of Russia. Because of his grand duties of expanding Russia, Ivan III was given the title of “Ivan the Great”.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Didn't someone do Ivan IV the Terrible too?