Contrastingly, the statue portrays Stalin as a venerable figure, idolized by his citizens with representations of laborers and young ones stretching their hands toward him adoringly. Lauded as a ...

Russian governor shows off new Stalin statue to 'honour' history By Reuters October 11, 20245:05 AM PDTUpdated October 11, 2024 ...

Soviet leader Josef Stalin's legacy includes mass purges and executions. Statues of him in Russia came down decades ago, but in recent years new statues have cropped up, including one this week.

For me, this is one of the most powerful collection of Jewish sights in Europe. Parizka ends at a bluff that once sported a 50-foot-tall stone statue of Stalin.

The documentary film "A Trial in Prague" is about the Slansky trials which took place in Prague in 1952. During the last five years of Stalin's rule, as Israel turned more and more to the West ...

Unveiled in 1955, after three years of steady chiseling, the 56-ft.-high statue of Stalin stands atop a 40-ft. base, flanked by eight slightly smaller figures representing workers, soldiers ...