October 04, 2003

Abstract: (CPOD) Oct. 4, 2003 - Russians believe current president Vladimir Putin is the best leader in the country's history after the 1917 Revolution, according to a poll by Russian Public Opinion and Market Study. 39 per cent of respondents say Putin is the most important figure of the last 86 years.

(CPOD) Oct. 4, 2003 - Russians believe current president Vladimir Putin is the best leader in the country's history after the 1917 Revolution, according to a poll by Russian Public Opinion and Market Study. 39 per cent of respondents say Putin is the most important figure of the last 86 years.

Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev --the de-facto ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982-- was the only other man with more than 10 per cent.

Polling Data

In your view, who is the most important leader since the 1917 Revolution?

Vladimir Putin	39%
Leonid Brezhnev	10%
Vladimir Lenin	9%
Josef Stalin	8%

Source: Russian Public Opinion and Market Study
Methodology: Interviews to 1,500 Russians, conducted in September 2003. No margin of error was provided.