Stalin's legacy in modern Russia
| 18:15 UK time, Thursday, 18 February 2010
Russia celebrates the 65th anniversary of the end of the second World War on May 9th. However, the Moscow Advertising Committee's to mark the event with billboards featuring Josef Stalin has caused considerable rancour.
Russian journalist Grigory Revzin, speaking in a video message on snob.ru, is not happy. He has harsh words for Russia's older generation who may be sympathetic to Stalin's rule:
孝芯褔薪芯 褌邪泻 卸械, 泻邪泻 谐芯褋锌芯写懈薪邪 袛芯谢谐懈褏 谢懈褔薪芯 芯褋泻芯褉斜谢褟械褌 褕邪褕谢褘褔薪邪褟 芦袗薪褌懈褋芯胁械褌褋泻邪褟禄, 屑械薪褟 谢懈褔薪芯 芯褋泻芯褉斜谢褟械褌 锌芯褉褌褉械褌 小褌邪谢懈薪邪, 胁褘胁械褕械薪薪褘泄 锌芯 械谐芯 懈薪懈褑懈邪褌懈胁械, 懈 懈褋泻 斜褍写械褌 谢懈褔薪芯 泻 薪械屑褍. 袙械写褜 屑褘 蟹薪邪械屑, 褔褌芯 褝褌芯 械谐芯 懈薪懈褑懈邪褌懈胁邪. 校 胁褋械褏 械褋褌褜 褉芯写褋褌胁械薪薪懈泻懈, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 锌芯褋褌褉邪写邪谢懈 芯褌 褉械锌褉械褋褋懈泄.
Stalin's position in Russian history is not a new debate. news article from 2009 describes how the authorities in the city of Voronezh ordered the Communist KPRF party to remove 10 of the pictured signs. The writing on poster reads: "130 Years since Stalin's birthday 1870 -- 2000. Victory will be ours"
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