May 13, 2011 · England did not count because it was not a continental power but an island off the continent. What I said was Lenin would have done his best to keep Russia out of conflict with Germany. But Lenin not paranoid in the way Stalin was and the military purges of the 1930's would not have taken place. So the army might have been better prepared.

Sep 2, 2015 · Stalin also, apparently really did believe in bringing up people from proleterian jobs to be apparatchiks --where they quickly became resocialised to like the trappings and luxuries of power. Probably the biggest difference between Stalin and Lenin was that Lenin, like Trotsky (and unlike Stalin) really believed in exporting revolution.

Jul 21, 2013 · In London, Stalin stayed at Tower House, the Revolutionaries Doss House, much written about by George Orwell and Jack London while Lenin stayed in the more "intellectual" Bloomsbury. Lenin was a regular visitor to Britain form 1902-1911 and certainly read and wrote English, as for Djugashvili-- 10 days may have been a bit short for him to have ...

Oct 14, 2008 · OK, so Stalin's efforts in the early phases of WW2 were even worse, but nevertheless. Purge your officer corps, repent at leisure, it seems. For my own part, I hate all wasters of human life, whatever the motive, and no matter how misguided. And that includes Lenin, Stalin, Bush and Brown and Blair.

Jul 13, 2010 · There is a well-known Soviet joke about Lenin. Under Socialism, Lenin’s advice to young people, his answer to what they should do, was ‘Learn, learn, and learn’. This was evoked at all times and displayed on all school walls. The joke goes: Marx, Engels and Lenin are asked whether they would prefer to have, a wife or a ...

May 23, 2019 · Lenin, an intellectual, established a European style premiership, not realizing that Stalin's Politburo was concentrating political power until it was too late. He might have remained for a while as a figurehead, but sooner or later Lenin he would be chased back to Switzerland if he were to live as long as you say.

Jul 15, 2012 · Firstly Lenin wasn't in power for as long but he was integral to setting up the state and its environment, that Stalin took over. You could also argue that Stalin's achievements, the creation of the USSR as a superpower, were all based on Marxist-Leninist teachings, in fact Lenin's NEP was seen as somewhat of a retreat and concession to ...

I've been partaking in some Russian history discussions lately with a couple of friends. They insist that Lenin was a true revolutionary with high ideals and that Stalin was the real counter-revolutionary dictator which ruined any chance of an idealistic Soviet state. It's not a topic I'm...

Dec 12, 2020 · The founder and the consolidator: Which man most shaped the USSR?

May 6, 2013 · Lenin was one of the most outstanding Russian politicians of C20. Lenin and Stalin created Soviet Union which had huge impact on world and European history. Lenin could be treated as a great practical politician and ideologist. He managed to seize power in 1917 and won civil war under very difficult circumstances.