A 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 pre-teen students around the two-room house where Stalin strategised with his generals in August 1943 as the Red Army battled to drive out the Nazi troops.
As Russia faces isolation abroad and deepening economic troubles at home, retelling an abridged account of triumphs past has become increasingly …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
