Josef Stalin is perhaps the most praised, reviled and recognised dictator in the modern world. His influence as such has reached across the globe, affecting leaders and citizens alike. Many of his techniques have been adopted by prominent leaders, today and in the past. One such example is fellow socialist Mao Tse-tung. Mao can fairly be regarded as the principal architect of the new China. His Marxist philosophies and strong leadership formed one of the …showed first 75 words of 1215 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1215 total…their nation so needed. But while Stalin pressed on through the famine and Nazi hostilities, Mao was stopped in his tracks before reaching any real advancement. Today, much of Stalin’s work has been undone, his vision scattered and the once proud nation of Russia reduced to but a wraith of what it once was, while the Republic of China has built and flourished upon the scanty foundations laid by Mao. Yet such is life.