Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Volgograd on the day of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. How it all went, told TV Rain. Speaking to people, he remembered German tanks and threatened that the use of armored vehicles would not end the current war (most likely, alluding to nuclear weapons, ...
The great-grandson of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, Selim Bensaad, asked the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, to become a "judge" in the discussion about the need to reburial Stalin's body. Writes about this "Radio Liberty". Stalin's great-grandson claims that Stalin wanted to be buried at the Novodevichy cemetery nearby ...
Several dozen people gathered at the new monument to Joseph Stalin in the provincial town of Bor in central Russia, according to NBC News. Fans praised the late Soviet dictator, and event organizers laid a concrete cornerstone to celebrate what would become a Stalin center, museum and educational ...
The attempt to revive the memorial legacy of the “leader of peoples” is being financed by the head coach of the Russian freestyle wrestling team, Dzambolat Tedeev, writes Voice of America. In separatist South Ossetia, they plan to erect a three-meter monument to Joseph Stalin. The initiator of such a project is the head coach of the Russian freestyle wrestling team...
In March, Russian sociologists conducted another survey on the attitude of Russians towards the personality of Joseph Stalin. The level of approval of Stalin and justification of repression reached a historical maximum for the entire period of research. The role of Stalin in history is positively assessed by 70% of Russians, according to a survey by the Levada Center, writes RBC. ...
The British director who shot the comedy Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci, jokingly suggested on Twitter the idea of shooting a satirical film about Donald Trump. Now eight different film studios are competing for the right to make the film. According to the plot, the President of the United States is settled in an exact copy of the White House, says ...
Every year, more and more Russians, according to research, approve of General Secretary Joseph Stalin: monuments are erected in his honor, icons are painted and rallies are held. Snob's special correspondent Polina Eremenko tracked down Stalin's granddaughter, who lives in America. Chris Evans loves Mexican food, drugs ...
The Russian Ministry of Culture has revoked the distribution certificate issued to the British comedy film The Death of Stalin. Director Nikita Mikhalkov and many officials and deputies called for a ban on the release of the film on screen in Russia, writes the BBC. The Ministry explained that the rules for issuing rental certificates allow...
Moscow cartoonist Khasan Bakhaev was unknown to the general public until last week. However, in three days hundreds of people learned his name. Hasan brought the victims of Stalin's repression to our time. He showed how people who were killed long ago would look like if they lived now. This…
A few months ago, portraits of dictators Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, as well as images of World War II, appeared in the foyer of an apartment building on 48th Avenue in Queens, New York. Having seen the complaints of the residents of the building on social networks, as well as the action ...