60 years on, Stalin still remembered in Russia
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March 6, 2013, Wednesday
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ABOUT 1,000 devotees of Josef Stalin laid flowers yesterday at his tomb by the Kremlin wall to mark the 60th anniversary of his death.
Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov led people who lined up at Stalin's grave, praising him as a symbol of the nation's "great victories" and saying that Russia needs to rely on this "unique experience" to overcome its problems.
Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He was credited with leading the country to victory in World War II and turning it into a nuclear superpower.
An opinion survey commissioned by the Carnegie Endowment found Stalin has remained widely admired in Russia and other ex-Soviet nations.
Roman Fomin, who organized a group laying carnations at the grave, said a leader like Stalin "would definitely be for the good of the country and the country would be developing much better than it is now."
School history textbooks have been released in Russia stressing Stalin's role as an "effective manager" of the 1930s Soviet industrialization campaign.
Some lawmakers campaigned this year to rename the city of Volgograd to Stalingrad, its name from 1925 to 1961, in commemoration of the battle against Nazi Germany there, widely considered both World War II's bloodiest and its turning point.
A surprisingly large number of Russians even believe that Stalin had mystical powers. As recently as 2003, about 750,000 people voted for a party that aimed to continue what it said was Stalin's attempt to battle the ancient Egyptian priesthood of Ra, which supposedly runs the world from its base in Switzerland.
Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov led people who lined up at Stalin's grave, praising him as a symbol of the nation's "great victories" and saying that Russia needs to rely on this "unique experience" to overcome its problems.
Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He was credited with leading the country to victory in World War II and turning it into a nuclear superpower.
An opinion survey commissioned by the Carnegie Endowment found Stalin has remained widely admired in Russia and other ex-Soviet nations.
Roman Fomin, who organized a group laying carnations at the grave, said a leader like Stalin "would definitely be for the good of the country and the country would be developing much better than it is now."
School history textbooks have been released in Russia stressing Stalin's role as an "effective manager" of the 1930s Soviet industrialization campaign.
Some lawmakers campaigned this year to rename the city of Volgograd to Stalingrad, its name from 1925 to 1961, in commemoration of the battle against Nazi Germany there, widely considered both World War II's bloodiest and its turning point.
A surprisingly large number of Russians even believe that Stalin had mystical powers. As recently as 2003, about 750,000 people voted for a party that aimed to continue what it said was Stalin's attempt to battle the ancient Egyptian priesthood of Ra, which supposedly runs the world from its base in Switzerland.
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