One of Moscow’s busiest train stations has a Josef Stalin monument, marking the latest effort by Russian regulators to rediscover the terrible Russian dictator’s legacy. Stalin is surrounded by cheerful workers and flower-adorned children in the artwork. The Moscow Metro, a sprawling subway known for its frescoes, chandeliers, and other elaborate decorations that was constructed under Stalin, was reconstructed at the Taganskaya place to commemorate the 90th anniversary of its installation. In a bid to end Stalin’s” cult of personality,” it replaces an earlier gift that was removed in the generation following his 1953 dying. It also acknowledges decades of repression, which have included millions of people killed or incarcerated as “enemies of the people.” Moscovites have responded to the opening earlier this month in a variety of ways, some recalling how the nation lived in a state of fear during his law. Many commuters photographed the memorial while others planted plants next to it. The 22-year-old Aleksei Zavatsin described Stalin as a “great man” who “made a poor state into a superpower” in an interview with The Associated Press. He said,” He raised the country from its knees.” Protesters in Society. A protest against the statue featured banners containing leading politicians blaming the tyrant was displayed at the foot of the statue. Future, a Russian political movements that voices pro-democratic and patriotic views. Vladimir Putin was cited in a flyer that quoted him as lamenting Stalin’s “mass crimes against the people” and claiming that his development of the USSR cost “unacceptable” repression. When the Soviet Red Army defeated Nazi German makes it in one of the bloodiest wars of World War II, the aircraft in Volgograd was renamed Stalingrad- as the city was known. For Victory Day ceremonies on May 8 and 9, Volgograd itself quickly reverted to its original name, which will be renamed five more occasions this year to honor related military anniversaries. Putin has cited the five-month Battle of Stalingrad, which saw the deaths of up to 2 million soldiers and civilians, as rationale for Moscow’s deeds in Ukraine. Pyotr Miloserdov, a Russian political scientist, claimed that the Kremlin has justified the conflict in Ukraine and the domestic uprising by using a wider drive to adopt Stalin’s legacy. Stalin claimed that he was a tyrant and that is what we need. Authorities want to revitalize Stalin’s picture, he continued, to spread the idea of strongman rule, and to depict violence and repression as appropriate in unusual circumstances. This can serve as a justification for any aggressive, pointless deeds. This was permitted under Stalin, and there was a battle. But our unique military operation is then permitted, and this is ours. This is merely an attempt to apply pressure on people, Miloserdov said.
