He was pretty abusive to his sons. Stalin was a very good economist and ran the country well but on a personal level he was not nice which doesn't make him wrong about managing the economy or state.
Stalin really does not seem like a "nice guy" at all by all impressions I get. Lenin and many other Bolsheviks as well. It's a big reason that they were such effective politicians, but it's definitely a two edged sword.
He was pretty abusive to his sons. Stalin was a very good economist and ran the country well but on a personal level he was not nice which doesn't make him wrong about managing the economy or state.
Stalin really does not seem like a "nice guy" at all by all impressions I get. Lenin and many other Bolsheviks as well. It's a big reason that they were such effective politicians, but it's definitely a two edged sword.