Your Favorite Russian Leader?

[Pope Joan]

Peter the Great. He was great!

He's a terrific cricket player anyway.

Petar (The Great) Mardešić - Captain
Cricket Club "Sir Oliver", Zagreb

[Yellow Zone 20-A]

Podgorny?

[CTALNH]

Lenin then Stalin.....


Also Ivan the terrible.

[Toiracsi Saduj]

My favorite Russian leader?
Why, this loveable old softy, of course!

[Romberg]

... the dog?

[New Freedomstan]

... the dog?

The real power in russia. The dog behind the man behind the man.

[Rozan]

Catherine the great
It was the golden age of the russian empire.

[Mike the Progressive]

... the dog?

The real power in russia. The dog behind the man behind the man.

Hmm, that dog looks yummy.

[Shofercia]

The real power in russia. The dog behind the man behind the man.

Hmm, that dog looks yummy.

Maybe that's why NK decided to play with nuksies? They wanted to get the dog behind the man, behind the man, behind the power, behind the country, behind the curtain, behind the...

[Pope Joan]

Alexander "Big Sasha" Minkov-Marshal

[Yorkopolis]

Nikita Khrushchev, for his efforts to remedy the purges, gulags and tyranny of the Stalin era, tentative reforms in the arts and culture, and for presiding over one of the longest-lasting and most genuine periods of prosperity in modern Russian history. While he certainly had plenty of faults and misguided policies, the 1950's in the USSR were a genuinely prosperous time that massively increased the standard of living for the bulk of the population, advanced Soviet science to heights rivaling or even surpassing those of the west and which created substantial optimism for the future.

Khruschev was a dick in foreign policy though, a massive one.

I don't really have any favourite Russian leaders, I don't know enough of them.

[The Democratic Republic of Davida]

Catherine the Great? Don't know all that much about her really. Seems like she did pretty well.

[Pope Joan]

Catherine the Great? Don't know all that much about her really. Seems like she did pretty well.

well enough, so we hear.

[Risottia]

Dunno... not getting owned by a rebellion is the mark of a great politician, though.


Yup but Russia needed peace immediately. Brest-Litovsk was the better one could get realistically in a reasonably short time.


Also a healthy dose of realism is needed. As usual, the problem is striking a working balance.

True, but War Communism should've ended months earlier. It was a temporary shock-therapy solution. Lenin overextended it.

In terms of peace, I would've just withdrawn my armies a bit back, and created a new trench system. WWI was trench warfare, where the offensives and counteroffensives were brutal. Setting up defensive positions and constantly retreating, even in 1917, would've cost Germany a lot of lives, and they still had France and GB to deal with.

While, I agree about the dose of realism, we both know that there was more to it than that. Lenin didn't want any countries to have borders, that's part of why he agreed to Brest-Litovsk, thinking that USSR will get all of it back, so I wouldn't say that Lenin's vision was realistic.

Well, 30 years later...

[The Nuclear Fist]

If we're counting Soviet leaders, I would suppose my favourite is Nikita Khrushchev.

[Khodoristan]

Eduard Khil.

[West Macedonia]

I don't have favorite russian leader

[Tovarishchestvo]

Comrade Lenin, no doubt.

[Petrovsegratsk]

Anyone who spells 'Viktor' as the Western version, 'Victor', doesn't deserve to speak on a Russian-related thread.

Begone, tovarisch!

Speak English or die.

NYET, ANGLIYSKIY, DA, RUSSKIY!

URA!

[Romberg]

Eduard Khil.

Trololo?

Seriously though, I gotta agree with most of you in that when it comes to Soviet leaders, Khrushchev seemed the shiniest of the turds. Arguably Lenin would be second IMO. Regardless of his rapprochement with the West, Gorbachev was partially responsible for screwing up with Russia's economy after all.

[Libertarian California]

Gorbachev! He's the host with the most Glasnost. Some assholes made a mess, and the war got cold. He shook hands with both Ronalds: Reagan and McDonald's, no doubt! If your name ends with "in", it's time to get out!

[Libertarian California]

My assessment of the EROB video is as follows.

1. Lenin (speaks 100% true in the battle)
2. Putin
3. Stalin/Rasputin tie
4. Gorbachev (he loses points for entering on a terrible pun)

Nah. Gorby kicked their asses with his sick beat, and being the only one who at least somewhat favored democracy.

[Shofercia]

My assessment of the EROB video is as follows.

1. Lenin (speaks 100% true in the battle)
2. Putin
3. Stalin/Rasputin tie
4. Gorbachev (he loses points for entering on a terrible pun)

Nah. Gorby kicked their asses with his sick beat, and being the only one who at least somewhat favored democracy.

By imposing a dictator on the Kazakh SSR. Democracy - the Gorbachivite Version!

True, but War Communism should've ended months earlier. It was a temporary shock-therapy solution. Lenin overextended it.

In terms of peace, I would've just withdrawn my armies a bit back, and created a new trench system. WWI was trench warfare, where the offensives and counteroffensives were brutal. Setting up defensive positions and constantly retreating, even in 1917, would've cost Germany a lot of lives, and they still had France and GB to deal with.

While, I agree about the dose of realism, we both know that there was more to it than that. Lenin didn't want any countries to have borders, that's part of why he agreed to Brest-Litovsk, thinking that USSR will get all of it back, so I wouldn't say that Lenin's vision was realistic.

Well, 30 years later...

Eh, not really. Europe may become a loose Confederation based on the Swiss Model, where the Central Government doesn't have the right to coin money, but it's not going to become a borderless, single country. That said, I support a one month trial agreement between Russia and the Schengen Zone. Let it run for a year, and see if we can upgrade it to two months, and then finally have Russia become a Schengen Partner within five years.

[Diopolis]

Peter the great.

[Heavenly Peace]

Good old Yeltsin.