70 years after death, Stalin’s polarizing legacy looms large

MOSCOW/GORI, Georgia --- On the eve of the 70th anniversary of Josef Stalin's death, attitudes to the Soviet Union's wartime leader remain mixed in the nations he once ruled with an iron fist. During three decades of dictatorial rule, Stalin oversaw rapid industrialization and victory over the Nazis but also the deaths of millions in purges, Gulag labor camps, and famine. With Russia embroiled in conflict again in Ukraine, in what the Kremlin says is a fresh existential battle for national survival, memories of the Soviet dictator loom large. READ: February 24, 2022: the day Russia invaded Ukraine "Firstly, thank you for the victory (in World War Two)," said 21-year-old M...

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