Stalin in contemporary Russia: admired and required. OSW Commentary NUMBER 252 | 31.10.2017
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2017

Despite the fact that more than 60 years have passed since the death of Joseph Stalin, the leader of the USSR from 1922 to 1953, the memory of him remains alive. For several years running Stalin has topped the ranking of the most remarkable figures in Russia’s history. Portraits of him appear at political demonstrations and religious events; new monuments to the dictator are erected. The Kremlin’s official rhetoric increasingly refers to the positive aspects of the Soviet era, in particular to t