RussiaJoseph Stalin led the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until his death in 1953. He imposed a command economy, collectivized agriculture and rapid industrialization, and ruled through a one-party state marked by mass repression.
In the 12 Axes register, Joseph Stalin leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Joseph Stalin sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Extremely Centralized
Extreme centralization in Moscow
Autocracy
Personal dictatorship
Totalitarian
Mass terror and the Gulag
Nationalist
"Socialism in one country" and Soviet patriotism
Expansionist
Annexed territories in 1939–1945
Assimilationist
Russification and deportation of minorities
Communist
Forced collectivization
Planned Economy
Five-year command plans
Isolationist
Economic autarky
Antitheist
Persecuted religion, closed churches
Conservative
Revolutionary aims, restored conservative family laws
Accelerationist
Forced rapid industrialization
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Joseph Stalin is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Progressive – Traditional
On Progressive – Traditional, Joseph Stalin is at Traditional 68%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
