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At Moscow’s central Taganskaya metro station, commuters stream past a newly-restored monument to a former ruler whose reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision in Russia: Joseph Stalin.

Diaries written by teenage boys in 1930s Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, and pressure to achieve; but also experience of famine, exile and conscription under Stalin.

Close to Stalin, he is definitely one of Russia’s up-&-coming men. Stalin’s Voice. These men proclaim no policy on their own. Their job is to advise Stalin, who makes the final decision.

Across a resurgent Russia, Stalin lives again, at least in the minds and hearts of Russian nationalists who see Putin as heir to the former dictator’s model of iron-fisted rule.

Although Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died 70 years ago, his presence seems ubiquitous in the increasingly authoritarian Russia of Vladimir Putin. “We are definitely living inside Stalin’s ...

Under Stalin’s rule, approximately 1.7 million Soviet citizens were evicted from their homes and taken to forced labor camps. About 690,000 were executed.

A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled in one of Moscow's busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator.

Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov, a.k.a. Lenin (1870-1924), poses in Gorki, Soviet Union in 1922 with Josef Stalin. AFP/Getty Images ...