Who would have thought that the colonies prefer the man that freed them over the man that colonized them.
I wonder if any of those numbers have changed in the last 6 years.
Gorbachev was the best leader in Soviet history he managed to end with the Soviet Union (the worst thing that happened to Europe in the last century) without civil wars
surprisingly little difference in Ukraine
In a game like Civilization Stalin would be ranked higher than Gorbachev
Who the hell are those 6% in Poland? Seriously, I wonder what arguments they have.
Gorbachev has 22% in Russia? This is complete bullshit. Everyone in Russia hates Gorbachev and Yeltsin. For Russians they are worse than Hitler. Because they betrayed their people and brought chaos and millions of victims in the 90s. Their maximum support is 2%. This is a constant number of idiots in Russia.
Stalin, according to polls of the greatest rulers in the history of Russia, always takes 1st place. Therefore, 58% think too little. Really 70-80%. For comparison, Putin is still in 5th place in the polls in the history of Russia.
Basically in places where he murdered slightly less
One ended the Soviet Union, popular outwide Russia, but Russia ended up in a awful state for years after, an ruin of its former self.
One was bloody, brutal and did not play well with anyone but did lead through one of the toughest periods in human history, and win.
Though even he never could kill Zukov, which was about only man safe from him.
These 33% of Bulgarians should be sent to Siberia.
Ah yes a mass murderer vs inept apparatchik.
For those wondering why Georgia is so high, Stalin was born and raised there.
Who are these 8% in Lithuania? Terrifying.
The bloodier the dictator, the more popular he is with the Russians. This nation is terrifying. Its mentality is completely alien to me.
Can we stop this focus on Russia?
/u/MikhailGorbachevBot is definitely slacking.
Now you know why democracy has very little space in Russia.
Stalin is a nice spin, but beating Gorbachev in popularity isnt actually hard. That guy was kind of an idiot. Also people quickly cam to the conclusion that his a terrible politician (See: 1996 elections)
I’ll just say this: Stalin is the worst kind of human: genocidal paranoid murderous dictator. Not any better than Mao or uncle Adolf.
It sickens me that modern Russians treat him like a great leader. He was just a sick sorry POS and should be forgotten in history or set as an example of what he actually was.
What’s up with Romania and Bulgaria? Why so many stalinists?
I guess it’s more like Stalin was better for the individual, at the expense of the masses (in other nations) whilst Gorbachev was better for the world at the expense of individuals.
I could just be talking out my ass because I don’t know a great deal about Gorbachev even though I remember when he was in power.
But I feel like people who liked stalin were fine with the, you know, mass murder, slavery and torture of other people because they had more money.
That and…the mass amount of propaganda forcing you to like him (in russia…Poland and some of the others is quite the mystery.) It’s a bit like how china worship mao and now Xi, even though Xi is actually screwing the country without them realising it and they go to great lengths defending it.
Stalin isn’t popular in Georgia at all. Unless they asked some 90 year olds. Bs stats
I’m happy that we do not like both.
Those why say gorbachev played a good role i history are fools. He just happened to be an elected dictator at the end of expiration date of poverty union. Hes guilty as all of those before him.
48% in Lithuania? For not sending *more* tanks into Vilnius?
I wonder why Gorbahev is so low in Armenia ?
Russians sure love their authoritarian dictators
one won WW2 the other caused the Collapse of the country…Its like comparing Franklin D. Roosevelt with Biden…
Gorbachev doesn’t deserve the ink that’s spent on him. He literally did nothing.
And this is why proper education is a MOST for everyone.
It is beyond me how somebody like Stalin can be popular. Then again, unlike Hitler’s story, they never bothered talking about all the atrocities for real. They even shut down the private foundations that did recently.
More like a chart asking “Has your country been better or worse now than 1950s?”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but as far as I’ve heard, Stalin is a kind of a national hero in Georgia, even being called “Georgia’s famous son” or something like that. Even among those who aren’t communists at all.
Those 16 percent Ukrainians must have had really well fed relatives considering the Holodomor that devastet the Ukraine in the 1930s.
Georgia backing their native son
This only shows people don’t want decent humans to rule, they need bloody maniacs on top. Gorby is/was a good person but that made him a shit politician
As a Pole. How can ANYONE support a genocidal maniac?
How on earth did stalin manage as high as 8% in Lithuania??? Literally everyone I talked to absolutely hated him (and rightfully so).
Also, Stalin’s incompetence lost Mt Ararat to the Turks and put NK under Azeri SSR control, so Armenians should dislike him much more.
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The fact that the right column is larger than 0% in any country is the exact proof how stupid people are.
I’m from Russia. I don’t know who counted the votes, but, for example, I have a good attitude towards Gorbachev, and a bad attitude towards Stalin.
And I wouldn’t trust any of our opinion polls now.
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Who would have thought that the colonies prefer the man that freed them over the man that colonized them.
I wonder if any of those numbers have changed in the last 6 years.
Gorbachev was the best leader in Soviet history he managed to end with the Soviet Union (the worst thing that happened to Europe in the last century) without civil wars
surprisingly little difference in Ukraine
In a game like Civilization Stalin would be ranked higher than Gorbachev
Who the hell are those 6% in Poland? Seriously, I wonder what arguments they have.
Gorbachev has 22% in Russia? This is complete bullshit. Everyone in Russia hates Gorbachev and Yeltsin. For Russians they are worse than Hitler. Because they betrayed their people and brought chaos and millions of victims in the 90s. Their maximum support is 2%. This is a constant number of idiots in Russia.
Stalin, according to polls of the greatest rulers in the history of Russia, always takes 1st place. Therefore, 58% think too little. Really 70-80%. For comparison, Putin is still in 5th place in the polls in the history of Russia.
Basically in places where he murdered slightly less
One ended the Soviet Union, popular outwide Russia, but Russia ended up in a awful state for years after, an ruin of its former self.
One was bloody, brutal and did not play well with anyone but did lead through one of the toughest periods in human history, and win.
Though even he never could kill Zukov, which was about only man safe from him.
For Azerbaijan both of them were evil
[Brand new memorial plaque for Stalin in Tblisi](https://twitter.com/kandelakigiorgi/status/1484883713305493509?s=21).
These 33% of Bulgarians should be sent to Siberia.
Ah yes a mass murderer vs inept apparatchik.
For those wondering why Georgia is so high, Stalin was born and raised there.
Who are these 8% in Lithuania? Terrifying.
The bloodier the dictator, the more popular he is with the Russians. This nation is terrifying. Its mentality is completely alien to me.
Can we stop this focus on Russia?
/u/MikhailGorbachevBot is definitely slacking.
Now you know why democracy has very little space in Russia.
Stalin is a nice spin, but beating Gorbachev in popularity isnt actually hard. That guy was kind of an idiot. Also people quickly cam to the conclusion that his a terrible politician (See: 1996 elections)
I’ll just say this: Stalin is the worst kind of human: genocidal paranoid murderous dictator. Not any better than Mao or uncle Adolf.
It sickens me that modern Russians treat him like a great leader. He was just a sick sorry POS and should be forgotten in history or set as an example of what he actually was.
What’s up with Romania and Bulgaria? Why so many stalinists?
I guess it’s more like Stalin was better for the individual, at the expense of the masses (in other nations) whilst Gorbachev was better for the world at the expense of individuals.
I could just be talking out my ass because I don’t know a great deal about Gorbachev even though I remember when he was in power.
But I feel like people who liked stalin were fine with the, you know, mass murder, slavery and torture of other people because they had more money.
That and…the mass amount of propaganda forcing you to like him (in russia…Poland and some of the others is quite the mystery.) It’s a bit like how china worship mao and now Xi, even though Xi is actually screwing the country without them realising it and they go to great lengths defending it.
[This picture on dataisbeautiful](https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/11qmxb/which_dictator_killed_the_most_people/) sums it up.
Stalin isn’t popular in Georgia at all. Unless they asked some 90 year olds. Bs stats
I’m happy that we do not like both.
Those why say gorbachev played a good role i history are fools. He just happened to be an elected dictator at the end of expiration date of poverty union. Hes guilty as all of those before him.
48% in Lithuania? For not sending *more* tanks into Vilnius?
I wonder why Gorbahev is so low in Armenia ?
Russians sure love their authoritarian dictators
one won WW2 the other caused the Collapse of the country…Its like comparing Franklin D. Roosevelt with Biden…
Gorbachev doesn’t deserve the ink that’s spent on him. He literally did nothing.
And this is why proper education is a MOST for everyone.
It is beyond me how somebody like Stalin can be popular. Then again, unlike Hitler’s story, they never bothered talking about all the atrocities for real. They even shut down the private foundations that did recently.
More like a chart asking “Has your country been better or worse now than 1950s?”
Correct me if I’m wrong, but as far as I’ve heard, Stalin is a kind of a national hero in Georgia, even being called “Georgia’s famous son” or something like that. Even among those who aren’t communists at all.
Those 16 percent Ukrainians must have had really well fed relatives considering the Holodomor that devastet the Ukraine in the 1930s.
Georgia backing their native son
This only shows people don’t want decent humans to rule, they need bloody maniacs on top. Gorby is/was a good person but that made him a shit politician
As a Pole. How can ANYONE support a genocidal maniac?
How on earth did stalin manage as high as 8% in Lithuania??? Literally everyone I talked to absolutely hated him (and rightfully so).
Also, Stalin’s incompetence lost Mt Ararat to the Turks and put NK under Azeri SSR control, so Armenians should dislike him much more.
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The fact that the right column is larger than 0% in any country is the exact proof how stupid people are.
I’m from Russia. I don’t know who counted the votes, but, for example, I have a good attitude towards Gorbachev, and a bad attitude towards Stalin.
And I wouldn’t trust any of our opinion polls now.