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He wasn't the coolest or nicest person, but definitely better than the Tzars, under him Russia had its best years.
Perhaps if you only look at that small segment. But his legacy involves much more than only the best years. (And that's being generous) While I'm not going to say that he was a net negative. I think it's a lot harder to make the argument that he was a net positive. I think he did do some good for Russia. But it is inarguable that his ideology hurt a lot of people and help others hurt a lot of people as well. And it's not something that can be hand wave away as the fault of capitalists. And certainly not someone to emulate or acolyte for in this day and age.