Achinsk's Ruling
Most statues for Josef Stalin have been torn down but now they want to erect a new monument where he was exiled before the Revolution. The aim is to build the controversial memorial in Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk region, by next year to mark the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi in World War II.
Stalin is reputed to have begun his trademark pipe-smoking habit in Achinsk during his two-month exile in the city before returning to Petrodgrad - now St Petersburg to join the unrest following the February revolution and the overthrow Tsar Nicholas II.
Years later Stalin replaced Vladimir Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union, and is widely portrayed as one of the most notorious dictators in history. Millions were sent into Siberian exile, to Gulag labour camps, condemning them to death or long years separated from loves ones.
'Currently, the memory of Stalin in Achinsk is not immortalised,' said Vladimir Sedov, a deputy for the local party. There is an exhibition at a local museum dedicated to him, but there is no monument. This is bad because students do not know who led the country during the war and who Stalin was. This is wrong'.
Construction will go ahead if locals support the plans. A former museum dedicated to Stalin in Achinsk was closed when the new Soviet leadership denounced his 'cult of personality'.
Stalin retains respect among some Russians for his leadership of the country during the Second World War. Some Russian authorities dispute Western claims that he was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people in the Soviet Union.
Stalin is reputed to have begun his trademark pipe-smoking habit in Achinsk during his two-month exile in the city before returning to Petrodgrad - now St Petersburg to join the unrest following the February revolution and the overthrow Tsar Nicholas II.
Years later Stalin replaced Vladimir Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union, and is widely portrayed as one of the most notorious dictators in history. Millions were sent into Siberian exile, to Gulag labour camps, condemning them to death or long years separated from loves ones.
'Currently, the memory of Stalin in Achinsk is not immortalised,' said Vladimir Sedov, a deputy for the local party. There is an exhibition at a local museum dedicated to him, but there is no monument. This is bad because students do not know who led the country during the war and who Stalin was. This is wrong'.
Construction will go ahead if locals support the plans. A former museum dedicated to Stalin in Achinsk was closed when the new Soviet leadership denounced his 'cult of personality'.
Stalin retains respect among some Russians for his leadership of the country during the Second World War. Some Russian authorities dispute Western claims that he was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people in the Soviet Union.
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