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Boris Drozdov: “There is no one to tell the young generation”

May 4, 2012 Vladimir Ruvinsky
Moscow resident Boris Drozdov, 78, whose father and grandfather were repressed under Stalin, talked to Russia Now about his family’s survival

What Russians think about Stalin

May 4, 2012 Vladimir Ruvinsky
In the West, Stalin is remembered for the terror he inflicted on his own people, while at home the collective memory is more complex

Stalin notebooks: Internet meme, or provocation?

April 24, 2012 Larisa Khudikova, Vesti.ru
School notebooks depicting Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin touched off a public scandal

When monuments fall: the politics of toppling political sculpture

January 12, 2012 Peter Cheremushkin
How do political prejudices affect the cultural heritage of the former Soviet republics?

An American in Moscow, 1937-1938

February 7, 2011 Nora FitzGerald
The family of American Ambassador Joseph Davies enjoyed a remarkable year in Moscow from 1937 to 1938; his daughter Emlen Davies, recorded her experience in photographs, revealing an alternate vision of Moscow in the 1930s.

Duma blames Stalin for Katyn massacre

November 29, 2010 Nikolaus von Twickel, the Moscow Times
The State Duma on Friday issued a declaration condemning the Katyn massacre and for the first time directly blamed Soviet leader Josef Stalin for the 1940 execution of more than 20,000 Polish officers

"Stalin will not be forgiven for anything"

May 13, 2010 Echo Moskvy
In a recent interview with Ekho Moskvy radio, opposition journalist Matvei Ganapolsky gave his views on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s recent statements on the role of Stalin and Stalinism in Russia today.

Raising Stalin

March 5, 2010 Gazeta.Ru
The spectre of Stalin has been raised again, mainly as a tactic to keep attention off real problems.

Stalin’s ghost

November 26, 2009 Oksana Naralenkova
A new novel about Stalin by the well-known playwright, historian and author Edward Radzinsky

The Spectre of Stalin (press review - November 2009)

November 18, 2009 Veronika Dorman / combined Reports
Russia Now

No excuse for stalinism

November 18, 2009 Anna Arutunyan, The Moscow News
Human rights: president Dmitry Medvedev sharply condemns the dictator's role in history

Russia Looks Back at Stalin's Tyranny

November 14, 2007