Soviet Russia · 1917–1924
Vladimir Lenin
Led the Bolshevik seizure of power. Abolished private capital and opposition parties; the Red Terror followed.
Vladimir Lenin is on the world-leaders chart for Soviet Russia, 1917–1924. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Led the Bolshevik seizure of power. Abolished private capital and opposition parties; the Red Terror followed.
The dot is economics -84 and authority +80, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is left of center on economics. The other axis sits toward authority. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: Peace, land, bread, and all power to the soviets. Done: A one-party state, grain seizures, and the Cheka. The constituent assembly was shut. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are Fidel Castro (Cuba, -78 / +74) and Mao Zedong (China, -90 / +92). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Vladimir Lenin is marked as a historical extreme so the corner of the scale is not empty. The dot is not a recommendation, and it stays off the default nearest list unless it is closer than every ordinary figure.