Well, yeah. Stalin was a monster. He was just good at being a monster.
That is way too simplistic, he did a lot of terrible stuff, but also some good, it is no question that he pulled Russia from 'backwardness' in terms of literacy for example.
You mean for those Soviets who survived him?
That's why I said that he did a lot of terrible stuff.
I absolutely do not excuse the awful stuff he ordered. That does not mean we should now shut all sense of nuance.