They had some good things too.
The dictators of personality, though odious, but not quite unambiguous. On the one hand, they brutally suppress any dissent, not disdaining any means. On the other, for those who are loyal to their regime, trying to create the most comfortable environment to those who were faithful to him from now on. In this article some of such cases, when the hard and cruel tyrants did something good.
Genghis Khan — the first Empire with absolute freedom of religion.
In General, despite the brutality of their hordes, Genghis Khan himself was a fairly enlightened ruler. Historians say that Mongolian society during the reign of Genghis Khan was truly democratic. Even a humble slave could rise to be an army commander if he showed sufficient valor. The great Khan had guaranteed freedom of religion, protection of the rights of Buddhists, Muslims, Christians and Hindus. Genghis Khan himself, worshiping the sky, forbade the killing of priests, monks and mullahs. He also defended the inviolability of envoys and ambassadors, including the enemy, no matter what message they brought.
Of ashurnasirpal II, the biggest feast in history.
Of ashurnasirpal II — king of Assyria, who ruled approximately 884 — 859 BC He was an outstanding military leader and diplomat, extremely methodical and ruthless in achieving goals. Of ashurnasirpal II was famous for his special love to the alive peeling the skin from their enemies. In one of the records are his words about that after the suppression of another rebellion, they “stripped the skin from nobles who rebelled against him and threw their skins on a pile of corpses. But flayed skin turned out to be so much that part of her hung on stakes, part put on the walls of houses”. Once, on the occasion of the transfer of the capital from Ashur to Kalhu of ashurnasirpal II threw a Grand feast. According to the records of the time, the celebration was attended by more than 69 thousand people, invited from all over the vast Empire. They ate, drank and partied for 10 days straight. The menu too was impressive. During the celebration, guests ate 1000 oxen, specially imported 14 000 sheep, 10 000 fishes and eggs and another 500 ghazals.
Muammar Gaddafi — the Great man-made river.
Gaddafi came to power in a “bloodless” coup in 1969 and the flesh to 2011 was actually the President of Libya, not being President, and having the title of “brotherly leader and the leader of the revolution”. A dictator he is considered mainly due to the fact that he had worked extremely hard persecution of the opposition and dissent with the regime. Gaddafi is accused of illegal arrests, torture and even executions of any who disagree with his policies. They say that he even sent assassins into other countries to deal with those of his opponents, who managed to escape from Libya. Anyway, in respect to his country and his people, Gaddafi led a very good policy that allowed Libya to develop significantly in economic terms. One of the largest and most ambitious projects carried out under his rule has become a “Great man-made river”. It was a complex network of water mains that supplied Libya in desert areas and the coast of Libya with water from the Nubian aquifer. According to some estimates it was the biggest irrigation project in the history of mankind. This huge system of pipes and aqueducts, which also includes more than 1,300 wells to a depth of over 500 meters, supplies Tripoli, Benghazi, Sirte and other, supplying 6 500 000 m3 of drinking water per day. The leader of socialist Libya has called the river the “Eighth wonder of the world”.
Fidel Castro — the system of education and medicine.
The leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 and turned Cuba into a country with one-party dictatorship, forcing tens of thousands of Cubans to flee abroad. Many dissidents and opponents of the mode, and ended up in jail and some were even sentenced to death. Many international organizations have praised the Cuban government, as one of the worst violators of human rights. However, Castro boasts a highly significant achievements in the governance of the country. In particular — well developed health systems and education. Despite the difficult economic situation and the trade embargo from the United States, in terms of health and education Cuba has become a leader in the region. Today, there are almost no uneducated citizens that Latin America is a very serious indicator. Did not disappoint and medicine. Now Cuba is about 800 thousand doctors. Thus, all medical services, up to the most complex operations, is absolutely free.
Napoleon — The Napoleonic Code.
Some consider him a hero, others a tyrant. He carried France through a series of most bloody conflicts since the Thirty years war. The victims of his conquests were more than two million people, at least another million died as a result of indirect factors such as famine and epidemics. However, that Napoleon was the author and initiator of the adoption of the so-called “Napoleonic Code”. This is the fundamental legislative act of France, which is a large-scale codification of civil law and gave a powerful impetus to the subsequent codification process in many countries of the world. With changes and additions, this document remains in effect to this day.
Adolf Hitler — first public anti-Smoking campaign.
The first in the modern history of the state programme for tobacco control started in Nazi Germany. In the twentieth century, public campaign against Smoking was carried out in many countries, but public support the campaign has received for the first time in Germany after the rise to power of the national socialists. It is in Germany for the first time we have tested many of the methods that are currently used by various governments in the fight against Smoking. The campaign also relied on personal Hitler’s aversion to tobacco, and the Nazi leadership encouraged the scientific study of the effects of Smoking. The program itself included a ban on Smoking in trams, buses and trains, limiting the number of cigarette rations in the Wehrmacht soldiers and the increase in the tax on tobacco. Across the country promoted Smoking cessation. There were restrictions on tobacco advertising, restricted the diet of tobacco products, allocated to women, restricted Smoking in restaurants and cafes.
Augusto Pinochet — the impact on the Chilean economy.
During the reign of the Chilean dictator at least 3000 people, belonging to the opposition and opponents of his regime, just disappeared. Even at 28 there is evidence of thousands of arrests and torture. They were ideological enemies, and therefore enemies of society, as declared by Pinochet. When the socialist government of Salvador Allende, Chile’s economy was quite advanced for the time, however, by 1972 the country was in stagnation, and inflation rose to 500% in its peak. Pinochet, who came to power in 1973, as a result of the armed revolution with the support of the CIA, soon after the establishment of their own government, hired a team of economists from the University of Chicago, to recover the economy. They suggested a number of measures, including the elimination of trade barriers and state regulation of Commerce, and a reduction in profit taxes and privatization program. What happened next many experts call the “Chilean economic miracle” Inflation has declined from 375% in 1975 to 9.9% in 1982. GDP for several years increased by 10%. Most of the economic reforms of Pinochet, which led to overall economic growth remain important in the country so far.
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq — Pakistani Boom economy.
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq was President of Pakistan from 1978 to 1988. Wishing to strengthen his position in the government and in a difficult internal and external situation of Zia-ul-Haq has decided to rely on Pakistani Islamists from among the Sunnis. In response to their requirements, “shariatization” the government in the years 1977-1979 has adopted a number of laws that provide for the application of traditional Islamic punishments for crimes. It persecuted many women, minorities and political dissidents. At the same time, Pakistan’s economy experienced a significant recovery. During his years in power Zia-ul-Haq, the country’s GDP grew at a rate of 6% per year. Income from agriculture increased by 4% per year, and from production by 9% per year. This was partly due to a certain liberalization of the economy, which encouraged private property. Several important industries were also denationalized. A lot of money invested in the development of trade.
Rafael Trujillo — Stability and prosperity in the country.
Rafael Trujillo, also known under the pseudonym “Chef”, was a prominent Dominican public and political figure. Officially the presidential post he held in 1930-1938 and 1942-1952. But in fact he was the ruler of the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1961. His reign, known as the “Trujillo era”, is considered one of the bloodiest in American history — according to estimates, he was responsible for the death of more than 50 thousand people, including about 10 of thousands killed in ethnic cleansing in 1937, and is also characterized by the cult of his personality, in General arenivas as the more obvious and brutal dictatorship than other similar regimes of that time in Latin America. On the other hand, it was during his reign, the Dominican Republic received some rise in the standard of living of the population. Were seriously improved sanitation, built hospitals, roads and schools. In addition, Trujillo has paid all external debts of the country, built many public buildings and airports. The encyclopedia Britannica speaks of him as “literate in the business, capable in administration and ruthless in politics.”
Periander — Great undertakings.
Periander known as evil and capricious tyrant. He ruled in the ancient Greek city of Corinth from 627 in 585 BC According to the stories of Herodotus, Periander when he took the throne, having received it in inheritance from his father of Cypsela, he sent a messenger for advice to another trasibulo the Greek tyrant of Miletus. He brought a messenger to the field, began to tear the field with the highest spikes, thus passing advice to Periandrou to destroy all the prominent people in the city. That it did so. But, of course, he wouldn’t be in this list if his reign was not the other side. Periander began to coin money, imposed customs duties, founded several colonies, seriously upgraded Volk — the ancient ship dragged across the isthmus of Corinth. The result was a something like a rail road made of stone slabs with grooves, on which ships were transported on carts. Its construction allowed to get fabulous profits and to abolish taxes in Corinth itself, as alternatives to sailing through Greece in fact was not. Periander was the first ruler who started to dig the Corinth canal.
