In the end Stalin/Michael dies alone. Only his bulldog Beria/Neri survived.
Stalin/Michael was careless about his kids, so they died.
I know, I stretched it a little, but I time and again I find parallels between Stalin & Michael.
I like your analogies, Danito. But Khrushchev also fits the Michael model. After Stalin's death, he made himself look "weak" (like Michael), the better to force the conspirator (Beria/Barzini) to the fore. Then Khruschev/Michael rallied his forces to whack Beria/Barzini. And the attempted coup against Khrushchev in 1957, led by the "Moustache Petes" Kaganovich and Molotov has a parallel to Michael's Great Massacre of 1955.
