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Article: In Siberia's hinterlands, some would vote for Stalin; Russians head to the polls Sunday to elect a new Duma.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 4, 2003
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Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
ISHIM, RUSSIA -- Tamara Sazhina knew she was stirring up trouble when her "Committee to Study Stalinist Heritage" persuaded city chiefs in this western Siberian town to resurrect a bust of her hero, discovered buried underground.
Few symbols tap so deeply - or controversially - into Russian desires for a strong state and law and order, as that of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
"Should we clone Stalin?" coos Ms. Sazhina, a devoted pensioner, who has a small statue of Lenin on her desk, and a Stalin calendar on her wall. Never mind that some 20 million died during Stalin's ...