What the hell was wrong with Lenin? ... A great thinker and leader.

Also Stalin did some of the worst crimes commited by a leader, however he did save the Russian nation from destruction at the hands of the Nazi's. Churchill did some pretty horrendus acts, but we voted him #1 over here, for precisely the same reason. To think everyone who is voting for Stalin are sympathetic to his crimes, is ridiculous, maybe they just understand that he was a great Russian - and I don't think anyone can get away from that. Not to mention as the article states, no one involved in the show are hiding the crimes he commited.