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Article: Stalin's re-emergence in public eye shadows Moscow victory celebrations
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- AP Worldstream
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- May 8, 2005
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MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-08-2005
Dateline: MOSCOW
Of all the bright flags and billboards dotting Moscow for celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in World War II, one poster stands out: It shows Josef Stalin against the backdrop of a Red Army soldier raising the Soviet hammer-and-sickle flag atop the Reichstag in Berlin.
Stalin has always cut a contradictory figure in Russia, where he is seen as both a powerful leader who made the country strong and led it to victory over the Nazis _ and as a tyrant responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of his own people.
Under President Vladimir Putin, he appears to be making a comeback, with ...
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