Which Communist Leader's Early Death has a greater impact on the World

Which Communist Leader's Early Death has a greater impact on the World

  • Joseph Stalin

    Votes: 44 89.8%
  • Mao Zedong

    Votes: 5 10.2%

  • Total voters
    49
Like the title says, which communist leader's early death would have a greater impact on the world? By that I mean in their own country and globally, including events leading up to today.
 
Simple answer.

Without Stalin there is no Mao. And since one is one of the major catalysts for the other, it's Stalin, without question.
 
Stalin. Lenin died pretty soon after the Civil War, the only way it makes a difference is if he dies before 1916/17 which might derail the Bolsheviks. Stalin made the USSR what it was...
 
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