Mao Zedong’s evaluation of Stalin was: “Stalin made three points of mistakes and seven points of achievements.” “In the latter part of his life, Stalin fell deeper and deeper into admiring the cult of personality, violating the party’s democratic centralism and the system of combining collective leadership with personal responsibility. As a result, he made some major mistakes such as the following: On the issue of purging counter-revolutionaries expansion; lack of necessary vigilance on the eve of the anti-fascist war; lack of due attention to the further development of agriculture and the material welfare of farmers; some wrong ideas in the international communist movement, especially in Yugoslavia Stalin made wrong decisions on these issues. On these issues, Stalin fell into subjectivity and one-sidedness, and was divorced from the objective reality and the masses..."

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The clothes, hats and shoes worn by Stalin

The clothes, hats and shoes worn by Stalin

The President of Finland who never agrees with the political and ideological views of the communist Stalin Yoho Kusti Basikivivi made a similar assessment: "His policies can be viewed from different perspectives, but it should be acknowledged that it was he who raised Russia to a position it had never had before. Under his leadership Russia Not only was he able to win the war, but he also won the peace that the other victors in World War II had not yet achieved."

French President de Gaulle wrote of him: "Stalin not only had a huge influence in Russia. Prestige. He was able to 'tame' his enemies. He was neither panicked by defeat nor intoxicated by victory."

Stalin's political enemy Kerensky gave due credit to Stalin's achievements. Evaluation: "Stalin raised Russia from the ashes and made it a great power, crushed Hitler, and saved Russia and humanity.

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