Is Joseph Stalin a bad or good person?

I would have said this is almost a silly question as he is most assuredly universally thought of as one of the three worst people of the 20th Century. the others being Hitler and Mao. read more

Answer: Worse. But, of course, there are complications in that answer because of how the question is asked. Stalin was responsible for millions of needless deaths. I think a decent argument could be made that he ran up the butcher’s bill far worse than Hitler did. read more

This left his military in bad shape when war came, stripped of many of its most capable officers, but just another day for “The Man of Steel.” Stalin was a bad person indeed, and although Hitler is generally regarded as the most evil man in history, Uncle Joe gives him a run for his money. read more

Stalin's great purges in the late 1930s had almost wiped out the political leadership of the party that had had any connection to the 1917 revolution itself, through the use of coerced confessions and summary executions. read more