"You can not escape from fate," you will think after reading the article. No matter how great a person may be, no matter how much money and influence he has, everyone is destined to leave sooner or later in a different world. We present the story of 25 great dictators who died unhappy, horrible or ridiculous death.
1. Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)
He is also known as Colonel Gaddafi. The Libyan state and military leader, who at one time overthrew the monarchy and established a new regime of government. But the 42-year rule of Gaddafi ended in the fact that he was betrayed by a close circle. At first he was captured by the insurgents. For several hours he was tortured and mocked. In addition to Gaddafi, his son was taken prisoner, who was soon killed under unclear circumstances. October 20, 2011 as a result of mob law, Gaddafi was killed by a shot in the temple. Worst of all, the bodies of the Libyan ruler and his son were put on public display, and after a while the graves of Gaddafi's mother, his uncles and relatives were desecrated.
2. Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
One of the most controversial figures of the last century. Some treated him with respect for the reason that over the years of his reign, the standard of living of the Iraqis has improved. Others rejoiced at his death, since this politician in 1991 brutally suppressed the uprisings of the Kurds, the Shiites and at one time severely disposed of potential enemies. On December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was hanged in a suburb of Baghdad.
3. Caesar (Roman Empire)
Betrayal is one of the most horrible acts a person can do. Ancient Roman commander and ruler Guy Julius Caesar was betrayed by a close friend of Mark Brutus. In the beginning of 44 BC. Brutus and a few more conspirators decided to realize their intentions during the senate meeting, during which a crowd of disgruntled people attacked the ruler. The first blow was struck at the dictator's neck. Initially, Guy resisted, but when he saw Brutus, with unconcealed disappointment, he said: "And you, my child!". After this, Caesar stopped and resisted. In total, the body of the ruler was found 23 stab wounds.
4. Adolf Hitler (Germany)
There is not much to tell about this person. It is known to every person. So, on April 30, 1945 the Führer between 15:10 and 15:15 shot himself in one of the underground premises of the Reich Chancellery. At the same time, his wife Eva Brown drank cyanide potassium. According to earlier instructions given by Hitler, their bodies were doused with gasoline and set on fire in a garden outside the bunker.
5. Benito Mussolini (Italy)
April 28, 1945, one of the founders of Italian fascism, Duce Mussolini, along with his mistress Clara Petachchi was shot by guerrillas on the outskirts of the village of Mezzegra, Italy. Later, the disfigured bodies of Mussolini and Petachchi were suspended from their legs by the ceilings of the gas station at Loreto Square.
6. Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Unlike the aforementioned dictators, Stalin died as a result of cerebral hemorrhage, paralysis of the right side of the body. And during the funeral of the leader, March 6, 1951, grieved the whole of the USSR. It is rumored that Stalin's entourage is involved in his death. The researchers claim that his associates contributed to the death of the dictator, first of all, because at first they did not hurry to call him medical help.
7. Mao Zedong (China)
One of the outstanding people of the XX century died on September 9, 1976 after two severe heart attacks. Many who argue about the negative aspects of his rule, note that life decided to play with him a cruel joke. So, in his time he was heartless, and at the end of his life his heart also killed him.
8. Nicholas II (Russian Empire)
The years of his rule are marked by the economic development of Russia, but, besides this, a revolutionary movement arose, gradually evolving into the February Revolution of 1917, which destroyed the tsar along with his entire family. So, shortly before his death, he abdicated, and for a long time was under house arrest. On the night of July 16 to July 17, 1918, Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra Fedorovna, their children, Dr. Botkin, a footman and a roommate of the Empress, were shot by the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg.
9. Kim Il Sung (North Korea)
Head of the North Korean state. He founded a hereditary dynasty of rulers and a North Korean state ideology called the Juche. During his reign, the whole country was isolated from the outside world. By the end of the 1980s, everyone who saw the ruler claimed that bone tumors began to appear on his neck, and on July 8, 1994, Kim Il Sung killed a heart attack. After his death, he was declared the "eternal president" of Korea.
10. Augusto Pinochet (Chile)
He came to power through a military coup in 1973. During his reign, thousands of dissidents were killed, and thousands of civilians were tortured. In September 2006, the Chilean dictator was charged with one murder, 36 kidnappings and 23 torture. All these trials worsened his health. As a result, at first he suffered a heart attack, on December 10 Pinochet died in intensive care from pulmonary edema.
11. Nicolae Ceausescu (Romania)
The last communist leader of Romania met his end on Christmas 1989. In December, there was a riot in the country, and Ceausescu attempted to calm the population by means of a speech on December 21 - a crowd booed him. Ceausescu, during the trial, was sentenced to death for corruption and genocide. On December 25, 1989, he was shot with his wife. The most horrible thing is that the photo of the moment when 30 patrons were released to the couple was still "walking" on the Internet. One of the members of the performance team, Dorin-Marian Chirlan, later said: "He looked into my eyes and, when I realized that I would die right now, and not sometime in the future, I cried".
12. Idi Amin (Uganda)
During the reign of Idi Amin in Uganda, hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Amin came to power as a result of a military coup in 1971, and already in 1979 he was deposed and deported from the country. In July 2003, Amin fell into a coma, which was caused by kidney failure, and in August of the same year died.
13. Xerxes I (Persia)
The Persian king died as a result of the conspiracy. So, in the 20th year of the reign, 55-year-old Xerxes I was killed at night in his bedroom. His assassins were the chief of the royal army Artaban and the eunuch Aspamitra, and also Artaxer, the youngest son of the king.
14. Anwar Sadat (Egypt)
The beaten president of Egypt was killed by terrorists on October 6, 1981 during a military parade. So, by the end of the parade, a truck was moving into the military equipment, which suddenly stopped. The lieutenant in it jumped off the car and threw a hand grenade toward the podium. She exploded, not reaching the goal. After the government rostrum was opened fire. The panic began. Sadat rose from his chair and shouted with horror: "This can not be!". In it, several bullets were fired, which struck the neck and chest. The Egyptian dictator died in the hospital.
15. Park Chonkhi (South Korea)
This Korean dictator laid the foundations of South Korea's current advanced economy, but at the same time brutally suppressed the opposition and sent his soldiers to help the US in Vietnam. He is credited with suppressing democratic freedoms and mass repressions. There were several attempts on Pak Jonghi. In one of them, on August 15, 1974, his wife, Yuk Yong-soo, was killed. And on October 26, 1979, he was shot by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency of South Korea.
16. Maximilian Robespierre (France)
A famous French revolutionary, one of the most influential political figures of the Great French Revolution. He advocated the abolition of slavery, the death penalty and universal suffrage. He was considered the voice of a simple peasant, people. But on July 28, 1794, he was arrested and guillotined in the Revolution Square.
17. Samuel Doe (Liberia)
The Liberian dictator came to power through a military coup in 1980. In 1986, at the age of 35, he became the first president of the country, but after 4 years he was abducted and brutally murdered. Moreover, before his death he was castrated, cut off his ear and forced Samuel to eat it.
18. Jon Antonescu (Romania)
Romanian state and military leader May 17, 1946 was recognized as a war criminal, and on June 1 of the same year he was shot.
19. Vlad III Tepes (Wallachia)
He is the prototype of the protagonist of the novel by Bam Stoker "Dracula". Vlad Tepes pursued a policy of purging society of "antisocial elements", which were vagabonds, thieves. They say that during his reign, you could throw a gold coin on the street and pick it up in the same place after 2 weeks. Vlad was a strict ruler. And the court with him was simple and speedy. So, any thief immediately waited for a fire or a block. In addition, Vlad Tsepesh clearly had problems with mental health. He burned the sick and the poor alive, and during the reign he killed at least 100,000 people. As for his own demise, the medieval chroniclers believe that he was killed by a servant bribed by the Turks.
20. Koki Hirota (Japan)
Diplomat and politician, Prime Minister, who, after Japan surrendered by the International Military Tribunal, was sentenced to death. So, on December 23, 1948, at the age of 70, Koki was hanged.
21. Enver Pasha (Ottoman Empire)
Ismail Enver is an Ottoman politician who will later be recognized as a war criminal, one of the participants and ideologists of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Enver Pasha was killed on August 4, 1922 during a shootout with the Red Army.
22. Joseph Broz Tito (Yugoslavia)
Yugoslav politician and revolutionary, the only president of the SFRY. He is considered a magnanimous dictator of the last century. In the last years of his life he suffered a severe form of diabetes and died on May 4, 1980.
23. Pol Pot (Cambodia)
The government of this Cambodian state and political figure was accompanied by massive repression and hunger. Moreover, it led to the death of 1-3 million people. He was called a bloody dictator. Pol Pot died on April 15, 1998 as a result of heart failure, but medical examination showed that the cause of his death was poisoning.
24. Hideki Tojo (Japan)
The politician of imperial Japan, who in 1946 was recognized as a war criminal. At the time of his arrest, he attempted to shoot himself, but the wound was not fatal. He was cured, and then transferred to Sugamo prison, where on December 23, 1948 Hideki was executed.
25. Oliver Cromwell (England)
Head of the English Revolution, commander Cromwell died of malaria and typhoid fever in 1658. After his death, chaos began in the country. On the orders of the re-elected parliament Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed. He was accused of regicide and sentenced (clarification: the dead body was sentenced!) To posthumous execution. As a result, on January 30, 1661, two more British politicians brought him and the body to the gallows in the village of Tyburn. The bodies hung for hours on public display, and then they were chopped off. Moreover, most of all shocked by the fact that these heads were placed on 6-meter poles near the Palace of Westminster. After 20 years, Cromwell's head was stolen and for a long time was in private collections and was buried only in 1960.