He kind of merged the state with the church, validated Christianity. This led to the social order we enjoy today ...for better or for worse. All gods were combined to ONE supreme God. From that point onwards most leaders have been subservient to one supreme God.
Became the leader of a poor country ,consolidated the former Russian Empire into the Soviet Union , industrialized it ,defeated the greatest fighting machine in history and made his country in a super power in less than 30 years .
Imagine becoming the president of Nigeria or Ethiopia today and by 2050 , your country is a superpower ikimenyana na US .Crazy
Russians have always had greatness in them just study their history since we the middle ages... I don't think they had to start at Nigeria levels of dysfunction
