Stalin could NEVER have been impersonated Through being born within the borders of Russia he was not ethnically Russian but Georgian As languages they are completely unrelated His original name was Iosif Dzjugasjvili A possible look alike could not have had or even ACQUIRED the same language skills His family and close friends would NOT be fooled The description of Rashid is not credible The claimed physical resemblance is to close to be true Furthermore if he died in 1991 at the age of 93 he would have been born in 1898 That would in turn make him 20 YEARS YOUNGER than Stalin Obviously the author does not know what he she is writing about 2006 11 13 Lena Synnerholm M rsta Sweden