Vladimir Putin Height, 170 cm (5 ft 7 in). Joseph Stalin(1878-1953) Height. 5' 6" (1.68 m) ; Born. Nikita Khrushchev(1894-1971 3" (1.60 m). April 17, Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982) Alternative names. Breinev 8" (1.73 Mikhail Gorbachev President Gorbachev. 9" (1.75 March 2, 1931 Lenin (1870-1924; Lenin. 5" (1.65 Average Russian Leader