[Bull Snipe]

No. Stalin was probably the most cold blooded autocrat in the 20th century. Even Hitler could not match Stalin’s level of remorseless brutality.

[GoldenState_Rose]

A few days ago, a group of Russian scientists and scholars banded together to voice their alarm at Bortnikov’s justifications:

http://m.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2125529/russian-scientists-slam-security-chief-stalin-purge

[Enterprise]

"No. Stalin was probably the most cold blooded autocrat in the 20th century. Even Hitler could not match Stalin’s level of remorseless brutality."

Hitler would have easily surpassed Stalin. Hitler just ran out of time.