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 at the age of he would have been born in that would in turn make him years younger than stalin obviously the author does not know what he she is writing about lena synnerholm m rsta sweden