: :inin Kyiv (EET)

New museums in Russia are airbrushing Stalin’s legacy


http://syndication.ap.org/AP.Distro.ContentBroker2/ContentBroker.aspx?contentid=e29d8722a7ece1388a0f6a7067005af3&iid=523a0ee8fc0d468db71fd8750d29032e&rsn=0&recordid=523a0ee8fc0d468db71fd8750d29032e&filingId=ba885f0a8e9a434f8b75033a2b5d727f&role=Preview&reldt=2015-12-18T09:11:27&media=Photo&sz=&dest=ak&trF=MOSB505&ofn=Russia%2bStalin.JPEG&fmt=jpg&relativeUrl=jpg/2015/201512/18/e29d8722a7ece1388a0f6a7067005af3.jpg&s3Key=preview.jpg&authToken=eNotizEOwyAQBF8EugNzkAIpX8GApStiLDBKint8iJQtdorZlfqJZF0gE2gDhBX0VjLHah4leGNU8jWrijaokOBQlDyQB3DpsNK4rDs4K3PE3M678z7v1sdzn4PPOlYNLrXr3F4yeY0RyMr1jn%2bBDoSvSJteQuOP6L4ccS4GA bust of Josef Stalin stands on the front lawn of a house-turned-museum in this small village, where the Soviet leader is said to have stayed the night on his only visit to the front during World War II.
Inside, the museum director, a sturdy woman armed with a wooden pointer, takes a group of preteen students around the two-room house where Stalin strategized with his generals in August 1943 as the Red Army battled to drive out the Nazi troops.
Scholars estimate that under Stalin more than 1 million people were executed in political purges. Millions more died of harsh labor …read more

Source: Business Insider

World press about Ukraine

This website is created to observe information about Ukraine in the world media. More information about press.uaposition.com you can read here

World press category: terms & conditions