This is such a double punch because on one hand, it makes perfect sense for Lyudmila's character to be dustrustful of "perfect leaders", but on the other hand, Tulin is 70% probably the local Lenin, and that one ended with Red Terror, mass killings, famine and other fun things.
Italy is an incredible country. Today a bunch of schools were evacuated due to email bomb threats sent by "Mikhail Andropov", who is the "Leader of Misogynystan", who threw his bombs into schools inside a plastic bag, according to the email. Yes this is real.