[Weird question] I've noticed that most great Soviet leaders were very short (Lenin - 5'5'', Stalin - 5'6'', Khrushchev - 5'3''). Coincidence or not? How were short men perceived in the USSR? Did Soviet culture somehow predispose shorter men to go into politics and public service?
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