Breaking: Man who desecrated JV Stalin grave was allegedly trying to win internet contest

1. Neighbourhood Babushka
2. Tito
3. Stalin

1. A friend

2. Her grandfather, a recipient of the Stalin Prize

3. J.V. Stalin

4. Without providing too much personal info, I’m connected to Golda Meir, who was Israel’s USSR ambassador in the 50s.

Friend’s parent met Fidel

Fidel met Khrushchev

Khrushchev met Stalin

So, four. I think.

1. Person I met at a concert

2. Concert person's grandmother was a Chinese neuroscientist and received some kind of science prize

3. Mao Zedong

4. Stalin

5. Without personal info: Connected via Deng - Mao - Stalin

Stalin shook my hand, liberals.

4. george bush
   idk how far george bush is from stalin

15+ at least due to the nature of the exercise i wouldn't rule it out entirely but i have no idea how

1: Alex Trebek

3: Pierre Trudeau

4: Nikita Khrushchev

5: Stalin

I'm not totally sure that Tebek and Trudeau shook hands ever, but they were both active in public facing roles in Ottawa at the same time.

1: Joe Biden

2: Jimmy Carter

3: Brezhnev

4: Khrushchev

5: Stalin

I’m like 95% sure there’s a shorter path in there I just don’t know who those people actually met

4 possibly 5. My grandpa via Georgi Dimitrov to Stalin

I'm two steps from Kollontai, so it can't be that far off.

1. professor
2. obungler
3. kissinger
4. mao
5. stalin

Just guessing that these people probably shook hands: Lt Governor > Senator from state during Lt Gov’s term > direct predecessor in Senate who was in office during FDR’s terms > FDR > Stalin

no more than 5, i would guess. i once shook hands with a career diplomat, a professional hand-shaker of the geopolitical elite if there ever was one. they certainly shook hands with albright, powell, and rice, and any one of them could've shaken hands with someone who shook hands with stalin, so maybe as little as 4.

Idk but i'd guess fewer than ten.

Also looooooooooool i gaurantee you that the general population is not five kevin bacons away from Stalin. Hahahahahahahahahahahah

1. Some local politician who was in the same room when I gave some presentation

2. Some Congresswoman

3. Ancient Congressman named John Dingell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell

4. Eisenhower (Eisenhower's and Dingell's terms overlap and they've almost certainly would've rubbed shoulders at least once. Plus, it's extraordinarily unlikely Dingell would've skipped all 6 State of the Union addresses Eisenhower would've given)

5. Stalin

Edit:

I suddenly remember being in the same room as Stephen Hawking one time. If being in the same room without having that person acknowledge your existence counts, it's

1. Stephen Hawking

2. Queen Elizabeth II

3. George Marshall

4. Stalin

I think I'm three from Putin. So maybe five or six that route.

Guy in my country's national parliament -> Kissinger -> Mao -> Stalin

I think 3: My grandpa, FDR, Stalin.

I've wasted time tracing how many degrees of separation famous people have with Stalin:

Every famous and semi-famous British person is around 4 degrees of separation through Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin since George Marshall attended Elizabeth's coronation. He apparently was seated at a table next to her at some post-coronation dinner, so he's not merely a passive participant.

The entire Cuban Communist Party is like 4 degrees of separation through Fidel/Raul > Brezhnev > Stalin, and most non-gusano Cubans aren't that far away from Stalin either since Raul has been around forever and isn't shy on dealing with average Cubans.

Most of the old-school Cold War ghouls like the Dulles bros and Hoover are Truman > Stalin. Kissinger is Mao > Stalin. Brzezinski is Brezhnev > Stalin. Albright is Brzezinski > Brezhnev > Stalin.

Mao met Stalin at his birthday celebration. Zhou Enlai met Stalin as part of a delegation to request military aid for the Korean War. Chiang Kai-shek is Trotsky(lol) > Stalin, but his son Chiang Ching-kuo actually met Stalin multiple time by virtue of being a de facto hostage, which means modern Taiwanese politicians aren't far removed from Stalin since Chiang Ching-kuo and his successor Lee Teng-hui were in office collectively for 22 years. Deng Xiaoping is Mao > Stalin, but he's also Chiang Ching-kuo > Stalin since they both went to the same school in the Soviet Union. I think none of the newer Chinese leaders beat Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin.

For Black revolutionaries, Nkrumah is Zhou Enlai > Stalin. Sekou Toure is Tito > Stalin since he visited Yugoslavia as part of a delegation as head of state. Lumumba is Nkrumah > Zhou Enlai > Stalin. Huey Newton is Zhou Enlai > Stalin. Kwame Ture is Ho Chi Minh > Stalin surprisingly enough, who he liked to constantly brag about meeting. Malcolm X is Nkrumah > Zhou Enlai > Stalin or Castro > Khrushchev > Stalin. Nasser is Tito > Stalin. Boumediene and Gaddafi are Nasser > Tito > Stalin. MLK is LBJ > Truman > Stalin. Paul Robeson is actually Truman > Stalin where he berated Truman in person for being a racist cracker.

For US presidents, it's:

• FDR: Met Stalin
• Truman: Met Stalin
• Eisenhower: Met Stalin as Supreme Commander
• JFK: Khrushchev > Stalin
• LBJ: Truman visited the White House and gave a speech at Congress while JFK was in office, so I guess it's Truman > Stalin
• Nixon: Eisenhower > Stalin
• Ford: Brezhnev > Stalin
• Carter: Brezhnev > Stalin
• Reagan: Chiang Ching-kuo > Stalin based on this https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=4&post=4846
• Bush Sr: Eisenhower > Stalin
• Clinton: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
• Bush Jr: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
• Obama: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
• Trump: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
• Biden: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin

For UK PMs, it's:

• Churchill: Met Stalin
• Attlee: Met Stalin
• Eden: Churchill > Stalin
• Macmillan: Churchill > Stalin
• Douglas-Home: Probably Churchill > Stalin or Attlee > Stalin. He attended Elizabeth II's coronation carrying some ceremonial sword, so it's also Marshall > Stalin.
• Wilson: Brezhnev > Stalin
• Heath: This fucker met up with Goring, Goebbels, and Himmler all at once lmao. He was appointed by Churchill as opposition whip, so I guess it's Churchill > Stalin. Otherwise, it's Goring/Goebbels/Himmler > Ribbentrop > Stalin lol
• Callaghan: Brezhnev > Stalin
• Thatcher: I don't think she met Brezhnev, so it's Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin.
• Every PM after Thatcher: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin

For Catholic popes, it's:

• Pope Pius XII: Churchill > Stalin
• Pope John XXIII: Pope Pius XII > Churchill > Stalin
• Pope Paul VI: Pope Pius XII > Churchill > Stalin
• Pope John Paul I: This is the pope who some people say got whacked by the mob, so he wasn't really able to meet with famous people. I guess, it's Pope Paul VI > Pope Pius XII > Churchill > Stalin
• Pope John Paul II: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
• Pope Benedict XVI: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin
• Pope Francis: Elizabeth II > George Marshall > Stalin

Okay, I've wasted enough time.