I do not care who do you think it is but it was not stalin. stalin killed 25 million citizens, he made them slaves and made them build cities and die for it. Sure he led them thru the war, but if he had not shot the officers there would be less casualties

IMO the best leader for SOVIET UNION was Nikita Khrushchev, he helped the SU through the WW2, and many number of reasons.

i only konw his son Leonid Khrushchev,a legend pilot in WW2

I haven't read his biography (anyone in particular), but have read some of his works. The communist keep free libraries on the net, so you can do a internet search and read his few works he produced. Stalin the philosopher... HA.

Originally Posted by Kirill K

IMO the best leader for SOVIET UNION was Nikita Khrushchev, he helped the SU through the WW2, and many number of reasons.

Well, he did save the world from nuclear holocaust, I will give him that.

Originally Posted by Damien435

Well, he did save the world from nuclear holocaust, I will give him that

Pssssh! I saved the world from nuclear holocaust, but you don't see ME bragging about it.

Originally Posted by Kirill K

IMO the best leader for SOVIET UNION was Nikita Khrushchev, he helped the SU through the WW2, and many number of reasons.

Wha? what are you on?

Originally Posted by Red_Army

In my opinion, the best leader of the Soviet Union is Leonid Brezhnev. His leadership brought world attention with his country's accomplishments in outer space, athletic ability, and military power.

1917–22 Vladimir Ilich Lenin
1922–53 Joseph Stalin
1953–64 Nikita Khrushchev
1964–82 Leonid Brezhnev
1982–84 Yuri Andropov
1984–85 Konstantin Chernenko
1985–91 Mikhail Gorbachev

I'd say Gorbachev, then Krushchev because only during his term was Soviet space technology more advanced than that of the USA.

Gorbachev might be the western world's favortie, but lots of russians today are not very fond of him...

they blame him for the chaotic transformation that leads to serious problems still in today's russian society, such as orgnized crime, corruption, poor performance of economy.

Mihail Gorbachov

Try Peter the Great