He literally helped Hitler take over Poland. He is responsible for murdering tens of thousands in mass executions. Stalin was not a hero, nor was he even an okay person. He was a war criminal, tyrant, and mass murderer.
His industrialization programs lifted people out of poverty, raised standards of living, ended famines, and allowed the people of the east survive the onslaught of generalplan ost. Stalin is the only reason Hitler didn't win
His "industrialization programs" caused some of the most horrific famines in living memory. The Holdomor famine killed between 3.5 and 10 MILLION people in Ukraine alone. It was a DIRECT (though debatably intentional) cause of the industrialization policies of the first five-year plan.
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