If you ask the Russians the Brezhnyev rule was the best (stability, stagnation), with Stalin trailing him (won WW2, rapid industrialization). If you ask westene

If you ask the Russians the Brezhnyev rule was the best (stability, stagnation), with Stalin trailing him (won WW2, rapid industrialization). If you ask westeners, Khrushchev (space race, reforms) and Gorbachev (glasnost). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Leonid_Brezhnev https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Leonid_Brezhnev