Was Stalin a good leader?

Answer 1

No, leaders care about their countries. Stalin was a maniac.

Answer 2

It certainly depends on what you exactly mean by the term "good".

Sure, Stalin was oppressive leader who killed millions of his citizens through very horrible ways. The Great Purges and Gulags are very known for the Stalin's treatment of the oppostitions.
But Stalin had a great power over the country: of course, by definition of a dictator.

So he did control the country so much, but not in a very kindhearted way.

Answer 3

Probably he was the hidden agent of Georgian resistance against the Russian occupation of their country. From his position in Moscow he managed to kill more Russians than any Georgian ever dreamed of doing. Hitler has had more bad press than Stalin but his "achievements" pale in comparison. For sheer volume of murders, Stalin stands head above Hitler. No he was not a good leader. Russia defeated Germany despite Stalin, not because Stalin. The courage and patriotism of the Russians were the factors that tipped the balance against Nazism.

Answer 4

that would depend.

if you take for example that:

if he didnt like ya (no matter what the reason) he could simple point at ya and a KGB would put a bullet in your head without telling you why

that he killed some 20 generals just because Germany nearly won the war in Russia

that between the two, he killed some 20 million russians for no real reason.

That to win the war, he through wave after wave of human bodies, many wiht dynamite and or guns against the german lines, not caring if they survived or not.

if those are good traits

then yeah he was a good leader.

Answer 5

i think i could explane why Hitler was a good leader better then Stalin. (Hitler had to of been a good leader to convince a country to kill so many people and go along with his plane. no matter how crazy that guy was and no matter how much i hate what he did)

Answer 6

No. Absolutely not.

And this answer is not concerned with ideology (although it could be)

Before the start of WW2 his ultra suspicious mind had most of the Officers in the USSR army killed or sent to Gulags.

His ill-led troops were to face one of the most professional armies in the world.

Despite warnings from his own espionage service, America, Winston Churchill and his own army chiefs he refused to believe that a non aggression pact that he had signed with Hitler could be broken by Hitler.

When, as it happens almost exactly 66 years from now, Hitler attacked the Russian troops were caught completely unprepared; their planes where 80% ddestroyed without ever taking off in anger.

It is true of course that the USSR, with a great deal of (unacknowledged) help from the allies, turned the Nazi tide and wreaked a terrible if deserved vengeance on Germany.

But it cost Russia an estimated 26,000,000 deaths.

His only real advantage as a leader over Hitler was that he was quite prepared ti change his mind if he thought it was advantageous in the long run, while Hitler sacked those who disagreed with him.

After the war Stalin continued his rule as a suspicious, vicious despot and many hundreds of thousands of his fellow Russians were sent to Gulags or simply killed, many on the mere suspicion of opposition to him.

Individual talent and enterprise was ruthlessly stamped out.

He callously and wilfully destroyed many of the most talented of Russia, and Russia is only now recovering.

Answer 7

'Good" is probably the trip word if others choose to answer.

He was effective in his method (to seize and maintain power). A brutal and vindictive man regardless how you measure him - note the way Marshal Zhukov was treated during and after the way, Zhukov practically saved the Soviet Union on a number of battle fronts and was placed in a race to Berlin in 1945 by Stalin.

Stalin developed the gulag system of political oppression and used draconian methods to manipulate the Russian economy that resulted in the starvation of millions of his own citizens long before the Germans crossed the borders in June '41.

"Good"? He was effective at seizing and keeping control. Other than that, he was a maniacal tyrant.

Answer 8

Theres not really enough information here. Although, Stalin was an extremist. He commited the purges, murdering millions of his own people, due to his own paranoia. However, without him WW2 would've been won by the Axis, so, it's difficult to judge him.

Answer 9

Stalin is the worst leader ever, Hitler is 2nd

Answer 10

No, he was a ruthless, power hungry ego maniac who executed anyone who opposed him including members of his own family. The only person he ever trusted was his henchmen Joseph Beria the leader of his secret police and to whom Stalin gave the task of finding and desposing of anyone deemed a threat to him.

Answer 11

Are you serious? Stalin killed millions of people right along with Hitler. They were too of the craziest people i have ever heard from on that Continent.