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Let's say that, through some miracle of medicine, Vladimir Lenin's strokes are delayed for five years. He has his first stroke in May of 1927 instead of May of 1922, the second in December of 1927, and the third one in March of 1928. He dies in January of 1929.

How would this have changed the development of the Soviet Union? Was Lenin even an efficient administrator and politician who would have done better than Stalin? Or would having him in office for five years damage the Soviet Union even worse than OTL? Would he prove more tyrannical than Stalin? Less tyrannical?

This isn't a question of "alternate take over after Lenin", although who takes over after him will obviously probably change if he's in office for another five years.
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