So, after searching around a bit, I find concrete, NEARLY unbiased views on the Soviet Leadership hard to come by.
Basically I hear Stalin was the worst ever, but then there's always that one person saying he isn't bad, and that Trotsky/Lenin are overrated/just as bad...
Anyway, straight to my first question, would the USSR have been better off if Trotsky or Lenin had led instead of Stalin?
Second...
Was Gorbachev too little too late, or just one of the two?
Third...
Overall, if you could have made your Socialist Paradise exist in the USSR, who would run it and why?
Thanks for the time and answers everyone!