Who controlled him? Absolutely nobody. He had anyone who attempted to executed. He was a maniac for sure, and a total jerk, but a brilliant one. In "Court of

Who controlled him? Absolutely nobody. He had anyone who attempted to executed. He was a maniac for sure, and a total jerk, but a brilliant one. In "Court of the Red Tzar" after he achieves all his narcissistic glory by winning world war II he starts torturing his inner circle making them drink to the point of passing out on a regular basis trying to find any flaws in their loyalty. The real hero of that book is Anastas Mikoyan. The guy survives Lenin, Stalin and even Khrushchev and Brezhnev kept him around. He keeps his dignity, plays a key role in defeating fascism and his brother ran a damned good aircraft design bureau the whole way through.