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A statue of Stalin is unveiled in the Moscow subway as Russia tries to revive the dictator’s legacy
- Earlier this month, a monument to Josef Stalin was revealed at Moscow’s Taganskaya subway, commemorating nine decades since the opening of the Moscow Metro.
- The installation replaces a previous memorial that was taken down in the years after Stalin's death in 1953, during efforts to dismantle the glorification of his rule and confront the extensive repression that occurred during his regime.
- The statue depicts Stalin surrounded by workers and children and has reignited debate amid Moscow commuters' mixed reactions and protests by the pro-democratic Future movement.
- The Kremlin has revived Stalin's legacy to foster national pride and justify its actions in Ukraine, with analyst Pyotr Miloserdov noting this attempts to legitimize the use of force on people.
- The monument's unveiling highlights tensions over Stalin's brutal rule, as supporters praise his role in making a superpower while others recall the millions killed or imprisoned as 'enemies of the people'.
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In Moscow Subway Station, Stalin Again Draws Admirers
After nearly 60 years underground, a statue of Joseph Stalin now greets commuters in a Moscow subway station, reigniting debate over how Russia remembers its most polarizing leader. The installation that debuted this month is a replica of a relief removed during the city's 1966 campaign to repudiate Stalin's brutal...
With a life-size statue, symbol of the rehabilitation that Putin's regime is making of the Soviet dictator
The decision of Josef Stalin. His decision to build a luxurious subway in Moscow, inaugurated in 1935, was an ambitious project that combined practical utility with political propaganda. The bestial dictator, while reaping lives as if they were mine with the ‘Red Terror’, and in a context of accelerated industrialization and economic hardship, Stalin ordered the creation of an underground system that would not only facilitate transport, but also…
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