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Article: Stalin Re-Emerges in Public Eye
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MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-08-2005
Dateline: MOSCOW
A poster features Soviet leader Joseph Stalin standing gloriously against the backdrop of a Red Army soldier who raises a red Soviet flag on top of the Reichstag in Berlin, and reads '60 Years of the Great Victory,' in Moscow, Friday, May 6, 2005. Stalin, whom historians denounce as a tyrant responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people, appears to be making a comeback under President Vladimir Putin with monuments in the works and criticism muted. The sign under the poster reads Computers. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
One poster stands out among the billboards splashed across Moscow for celebrations of the ...