The Stalin puzzle
Subtitle: deciphering post-Soviet public opinion
By: Maria Lipman, Lev Gudkov, Lasha Bakradze
Contributors: Gudkov, L. D. (Lev Dmitrievich); Bakʻraże, Laša; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Public opinion
Description: Joseph Stalin is not yet dead, it would seem. The Soviet leader who was responsible for the deaths of millions over his thirty-year rule still commands worryingly high levels of admiration for a host of reasons. These findings are clear in the first-ever comparative opinion polls on the dictator in the post-Soviet countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia. The surveys, commissioned by the Carnegie Endowment in 2012, suggest de-Stalinization has not succeeded in the former Soviet Union and most post-Soviet citizens have not come to grips with their history.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 6, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary.; title: Introduction.; title: By the numbers.; title: Stalin is not dad: a legacy that holds back Russia.; title: The archetype of the leader: analyzing a totalitarian symbol.; title: Georgia and Stlin: still living with the great son of the nation.; title: Appendix.