^I never said he wasnt worse than Hitler. He killed more people for a start, and I dont deny he was a terrible man. But he did do some important things that did prepare Russia. I studied Russia in the period leading up to World War II, and his attempts to industrialise Russia did not have wholly negative connotations.

Stalin's main atrocities were his purges and the murdering of all those people. But in terms of industrialising Russia, he succeeded. Sure, it didnt all go to plan, and huge numbers died working under him but after it was all finished they did reap the benefits from what he did in terms of vastly improved production of raw materials. Focussing purely on Russia's industry, there is a case to be made for Stalin being more of a helper than a hindrance.

Looking at Stalin's rule as a whole though, he definitely was a terrible, terrible person. You just cant portray him in a simplistic, one dimensional way like you did there.