Was Stalin's Transformation of Russia Successful?

Was Stalin's transformation of Russia successful? That depends on your definition of success. If success is nothing more than to carry out and prosper with what you intended to do, than I believe that his transformation of Russia was indeed a success. But success also accounts for continuing prosperity, and how the success is achieved. While Stalin's plans may have been more successful than Lenin's Russia or the Tsar's Russia, the mass amounts of death …

…from Stalin's autocracy and his extreme paranoia. Artistic expression was being suppressed and education filtered. Morale and nationalism that had been obtained through the revolution, was now lost. A country that during Lenin's time looked like it had a hope of prosperity, was now crumbling through Stalin's fingers. Stalin's attempts to transford Russia into a wealthier more powerful nation had failed because of his extremely strict policies. Russia was dying a slow and painful death.