• This event once again makes us think about the paradoxical status of Stalin in the history of Russia, reflected like a mirror in the monuments erected to him.
  • Debate has raged ever since in Gori -- where Stalin was born in 1878 -- over whether the monument should be resurrected.&nbsp
  • More information on the English and Hungarian Wikipedia pages. For the Stalin Monument in Prague see [1] and that in the Hague see [2].
  • Under popular pressure the monument was dismantled, formally with the purpose of moving elsewhere. Is there a statue of Stalin in Washington?
  • They opened the monument in a solemn atmosphere - wreaths were laid at the memorial, and veterans read several poems dedicated to Stalin.
  • Built as the birthday present to Stalin on his 70th birthday, the Stalin Monument in Budapest has become the iconic scene of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956.
  • Another heated discussion around the name of the Soviet leader has been caused by plans to erect another monument to Stalin in a South Ossetian village.
  • A bust honoring Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was taken down a few days after its installation in a southern Russian city sparked backlash on social media.