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Article: Stalin's Admirers Celebrate 125th Birthday
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MISHA DZHINDZKHIKHASHVILI, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-21-2004
Dateline: TBILISI, Georgia
An elderly man looks at a hlarger cut-out portrait of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin during a rally to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth in Stalin's home town of Gori, 80 kms (50 miles) west of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Tuesday, Dec. 21 2004. Historians say that Stalin, whose secret police killed tens of millions of people and imprisoned millions more during the Soviet period, retains a following among die-hard communists. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
Dozens of residents of Josef Stalin's hometown celebrated the 125th anniversary of his birth Tuesday, singing, dancing and drinking ...