Worst Soviet/New Russian leader

[Globber]

The Soviet Union has always had bad leadership, but Brezhnev is the absolute worst. He did almost nothing during his term, almost on par with Yeltsin.

 

[stalin006]

i agree, but i think taht Mikhail Gorbachev was bad too, in my view of course

 

[insurgent]

Brezhnev did very bad, laying the foundation for the 1991 revolution, but not as bad as Stalin. Honestly, Stalin was responsible for tens of millions of people's death... OK, he won the war, but any despotic leader could have done that. His atrocities are worse than his deeds ever were.

Putin is the best thing that happened to Russia within the last hundred years, so he gets all thumbs up!

 

[stalin006]

yeah Putin is good, i agree w/ Insurgent, nice quotes too

 

[Richard III]

Tough call, but I voted for Yeltsin. The tough part is balancing "worst" against "most criminal" against "worst given expectations." Obviously it was the last category that won me over to Boris, but Stalin has to a close, close, close second.

 

[stalin006]

well is this about the worst leader (killed most etc) or worst leader (was a bad leader in economy war etc) ?

 

[nixon]

Boris Yeltsin was a catastrophe. Putin has done a pretty good job considered the limitations and circumstances in Russia. Khruschev did it okay, but his farm collectivization plans didn't match those of the opposition in the council. Brezhnev seized the opportunity, crushed Khruschev forcing him to spend the rest of his life as a broken man, and did a bad job.

Compared to the other candidates one thinks that Uncle Joe ranks first. His fanatic and crazed purges surpass those of former despots who have terrorized the world along with his deeply bureaucratic statecraft. Directly guilty of slowing down the war effort etc.

 

[Globber]

"worst" is what you make of it, that's why this is an opinion poll

 

[stalin006]

oh well i guess then Stalin was the worst one (killing) but his somewaht leadership allowed to stand up to the panzers in 1941 and 1942, better than some other french leadership in 1940 1941............

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Between Lenin and his "control the masses by terror" and Stalin and his purges, there is little to chose, so Stalin gets the nod, since he was around longer and (may have) killed more of his own people (nobody knows for sure how many Russians died in the revolution, so Lenin's record is incomplete).

 

[stalin006]

also stalin was starting another big purge of the USSR......but then he died

 

[dannyevilcat]

I voted Brezhnev. Stalin was aweful (there's an understatement for you), but Brezhnev actually rolled back Kruschev's half-hearted reforms to try to preserve Stalinist Russia. Any leader who could intentionally let his country stagnate is no leader at all, which at the very least, Stalin was.

 

[Hitro]

Stalin without any question. Come on, Brezhnev was worst for preserving Stalinist Russia? Worse than the one who created it?

The more interesting poll would be one about the best leader I think.

 

[stalin006]

lol...........wait a min............didnt Kruschev had the de-stalinsation of the USSR?

 

[G-Man]

Originally posted by stalin006
lol...........wait a min............didnt Kruschev had the de-stalinsation of the USSR?

He could've, if he would've known how to bring dead people back to life... The worst leader is, without a doubt, Mr. J Stalin! Surprisingly, Lenin came num.2 for me but no one voted for him...

 

[dannyevilcat]

Originally posted by Hitro
Stalin without any question. Come on, Brezhnev was worst for preserving Stalinist Russia? Worse than the one who created it?

The more interesting poll would be one about the best leader I think.

That's exactly why I think he's the worst soviet leader!

An example of my logic: An innocent man is sent to prison, but the judge figures he's probably guilty anyway. Years later, after much discussion, it becomes quite evident that he is, in fact, innocent, and yet the governor still doesn't pardon him.

Who is the bigger villain, the judge who sent him there or the governor who, knowing the man is innocent, decides to keep him there anyway?

 

[Hitro]

Hmm, I would choose another analogy:

One man burns down a house.
Another one disagrees on rebuilding it.
Although that is bad it is not worse than the actual destruction.

 

[stalin006]

mmmmmh.......why was lenin so evil? i dont know much about him, any help?

 

[dannyevilcat]

Originally posted by Hitro
Hmm, I would choose another analogy:

One man burns down a house.
Another one disagrees on rebuilding it.
Although that is bad it is not worse than the actual destruction.

Not to be a prickly pear, or anything, but Stalin didn't "burn the house down". Rather he built the biggest house in town, but didn't bother to furnish it.

 

[G-Man]

Originally posted by stalin006
mmmmmh.......why was lenin so evil? i dont know much about him, any help?

What do you mean? He's an evil communist!

And he also layed the fundation for Stalin's terroristic dictatorship. just read AoA's quote.


dannyevilcat -
"Stalin didn't "burn the house down". Rather he built the biggest house in town"

And killed the town's people in the process...