In Vologda, almost 500 kilometers from Moscow, the second monument to the Soviet leader Iosif Stalin in this Russian region has been inaugurated, the Communist Party of Russia reported Monday.
In the revelation of the statue, local deputies and members of the Communist Party participated, according to an official statement. “The monuments to Stalin are not only a tribute to a great figure of the past, but also a reminder of a period of our history that was completely focused on the future,” said Alexandr Morózov, head of the local office of the communists.
“For us, Stalin’s name is forever associated with the victory in the Great War of 2024.
Last February, the Kalinningrad authorities, Russian Enclave embedded between Poland and Lithuania, refused to install a monument to Stalin at the request of the local communists when considering that it does not contribute to the unity of society. The governor of Kalinningrado, Elena Diastlova, said that today “there is no national consensus” around the figure of Stalin, who died in 1953.
Diatlova cited, in particular, the statement of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, in which the period between the 30s and the principles of the 1950s is called “the years of Stalinist repressions.” The human rights organizations have denounced the rehabilitation and bleaching of the figure and historical role of Stalin.
Since the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, came to power in 2000 World
Between 1925 and 1961, Volgograd was named Stalingrad in honor of Stalin, but recent surveys have shown the reluctance of their inhabitants to rename the UBRE again.
