Consequences of a Stalin Suicide

I was overlooking the thread about the USSR collapsing in 1941, and it got me thinking of something I heard awhile ago, and this too may be implausible or the consequence of someone repeating a myth to me, without my realizing it was inaccurate. If so I apologize if what follows is ASB level unlikely. In any case, early in the war period, Stalin feared that he was to be ousted for incompetence, and as a result, he briefly contemplated suicide. So, lets say he goes through with it, and kills himself in the summer of 1941 before he can be convinced that he is not going to be removed for incompetence. What happens next? Once again I apologize if the POD is somewhat unlikely
 
Actually, there is a much better and much earlier point where Stalin could have committed suicide. In November 1932, his wife committed suicide, and he evidently was somewhat on the verge of doing so himself (his friends and family prevented that). It would be much easier to have him off himself then rather than later.
 
For some good background, I strongly recomend Young Stalin and Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Seabag Montefiore.
They'll help a great deal with Stalin's character and the events surrounding his second wife's suicide.
Apparently at one point there was talk of confiscating his pistol to prevent his suicide just after her death.
 
Actually, there is a much better and much earlier point where Stalin could have committed suicide. In November 1932, his wife committed suicide, and he evidently was somewhat on the verge of doing so himself (his friends and family prevented that). It would be much easier to have him off himself then rather than later.

That POD doesn't work as well though because after a '41 suidice you might get a struggle for succession that might weaken the USSR kinda like the '17 revolution, whereas with a '32 suicide there is no telling how the USSR develops in the next nine years. Might come out ahead (no purges), might come out behind (no forced industrialization).
 
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