Worldfocus » Name of Russia http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Stalin makes a comeback with Russia’s youth http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/16/stalin-makes-a-comeback-with-russias-youth/4076/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/16/stalin-makes-a-comeback-with-russias-youth/4076/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:35:56 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4076 Though he is vilified in the U.S. as one of the 20th century’s most brutal dictators, and despite the countless deaths his purges caused, Josef Stalin is once again being hailed in Russia. In fact, Stalin got high marks in the “Name of Russia” project, where people voted on the most notable personalities of Russian history.

Read what a Worldfocus contributing blogger had to say about the contest: Vote for most notable Russian is contested.

Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Himel visited Moscow recently and reports on Stalin’s comeback.

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