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June 2005 He turned Russia into a giant concentration camp, killing tens of millions of people. So why do so many Russians regard him as a hero and long for another Joseph Stalin? "He's the man who created our country. How can you not love him?" proclaims one elderly lady. "He was just, honest. When he died, we were all crying." Stalin has long been admired by the older generation, who grew up in a world where the Soviet Union was respected and feared. The difference now is that some of their grandchildren agree. "For me, he's the figure who played the greatest role in the 20th century," states 23 year old Alexei Sidorov. For the first time in decades, new statues of Stalin are going up. Streets and parks are being named after him and there's fresh interest in his life. But that's angering as many Russians as it's pleasing. "Stalin, in my opinion, shouldn't be remembered at all," states Joe Glazer. He was arrested in one of Stalin's purges and sent to the gulags. But increasingly he finds himself in a minority. "People need a hero," explains human rights worker Grigory Shvedov. For todays Russians, a strongman like Stalin is just what the country needs.

JOSEF STALIN VIDEO COLLECTION, WITH AN EXECUTION OF SOVIET NATIONAL ANTHEM IN ENGLISH (BY PAUL ROBESON, 1943). GREATEST VIDEOS! ussr urss josef stalin soviet sovietic anthem english moscow russia cccp socialist victory parade second world war ww2

Joseph Stalin death and funeral The funeral of Joseph "Iosif" Stalin (Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Джугашви́ли) in 1953. Joseph Stalin Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Джугашви́ли Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili Иосиф Сталин On March 1, 1953, after an all-night dinner with interior minister Lavrenty Beria and future premiers Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Stalin did not emerge from his room the next day, having probably suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. Although his guards thought that it was odd for him not to rise at his usual time, they were under orders not to disturb him. He was not discovered until that evening. He died four days later, on March 5, 1953, at the age of 74, and was buried on March 9.

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