some things to note about stalin many and most photos of stalin are either heavily doctored or even fake he was known to aviod photographers because his face was ugly from heavy pitting and canker he had a number of better looking doubles stand ins to serve in pr opportunities he used to stand on high remote pedestrals when must appear in public to avoid close scrunity it is a commonly held opinion in eastern europe i think it is a fact that josif dsugasvili was an ordinary highwayman by profession before he joined the revolutionaries he used to rob trains with a grops of outlaws forcing people to stand and deliver isn't it strange the stalin wikipedia article does not include the word dictator dictatorship or anything that starts with dict at all according to ie's search political correctness should not run amok especially considering this is english language wikipedia and us people know very little about foreign relations and history by school education so it is easy to indoctrinate them by kind ol' uncle joe babble or do you think only ancient roman leaders can be called a dictator per definitionem most of stalin's actions were clearly outside the realm of politics which means debate and negotiations vs headshot so calling him a politician is an offense to leaders who spent their entire life serving their nation and all of its citizens in accordance with the people's will did stalin murder his wife has this issue been settled conclusively hungarian people depicted while expressing their most sincere sentiments towards dead stalin by toppling and decorating his giant statue in budapest during the revolution regards tamas feher from hungary etomcat freemail hu