Putin Decides That Stalin's Victims Were Guilty After All

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The Kremlin did not even have to order the mass murderer Stalin to rise again as a popular hero. What some call "historic amnesia" is the logical consequence of Putin's politics.

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Under Vladimir Putin the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin experienced a revival. "The Steelman" was responsible for a system of state terror and millions of deaths

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Almost 90% of Stalin's monuments in Russia were installed during Putin's rule. The initiative to perpetuate the memory of the totalitarian leader fully corresponds to the modern state historical policy of the Kremlin.

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Commuters at Moscow's Taganskaya metro station are greeted by a bust of Stalin - the dictator is surrounded by smiling workers and small children - the erection of a monument to the brutal Soviet leader at one of the Russian capital's busiest stations is timed to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the metro's opening. The Moscow metro, known for its mosaics, opulent chandeliers and other ornate decorations, was built during Stalin's reign, an…