That wasn't a definition. What I posted was not just what happened in Stalinist Russia (or the Soviet Union no matter who was in charge), but EVERY communist state. Communist states are by default run by dictators/totalitarian leaders. There is no other option available. You don't get to pick and choose aspects of several different kinds of governments, and then call it a communist state. That's not how it works. You don't seem to understand that. You want a communist state with all its trimmings minus the dictator, and they don't come that way. It would be like trying to buy a table without legs, or a car without a steering wheel.