Russians Observe Stalin's 126th Birthday

Guardian Unlimited ^ | Wednesday December 21, 2005

[lizol]

Russians Observe Stalin's 126th Birthday

Wednesday December 21, 2005 7:31 PM

MOSCOW (AP) - Residents of a southern Russian town unveiled a statue Wednesday to Josef Stalin, as Communists and others marked the 126th anniversary of the late Soviet dictator's birth.

More three dozen residents of Digora, in the Caucasus region of North Ossetia, laid carnations at the gold bust topping a granite obelisk, while children in Soviet-style red kerchiefs saluted.

``Under Stalin, every year we waited for improvements and every year there were improvements. It's a fact,'' sculptor Mikhail Dzboyev said in televised comments.

In Moscow's Red Square, several dozen people carrying red flags bearing the face of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin braved wintry weather to visit Stalin's grave.

In the Georgian town of Gori, where Stalin was born, people gathered to toast the Soviet leader.

A growing number of Russian towns in recent years have considered erecting monuments to Stalin, a controversial issue for many Russians who say the dictator was responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people.

Others revere him for the Soviet Union's rapid industrialization and his leadership against Nazi Germany during World War II.

[moose2004]

The scumbag commie punk murdered as many people (or more) than Hitler. To erect a statue to honor this bastard is a disgrace and an unforgiveable insult to the memories of his millions of victims.

[oyez]

Under Stalin, there were improvements because things couldn't get any worse.

[genefromjersey]

Aw jeez !

I was going to join the celebration,but couldn't.

Damn constipation !

[Freedom_no_exceptions]

I guess heavy drinking makes people forget...

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Read this book and then try and tell me anything about that murderous bastard should be celebrated!

[Bender2]

RATS!!!!

It slipped my mind again!

[Thunder90]

Why has Russia not banned this practice?

[Revenge of Sith]

Eduard Radzinsky's book said that Stalin lied about his age and he was born a year earlier. Thus, he would be 127.

[pleikumud]

And probably 1/2 of our college grads couldn't tell you what Stalin did if their lives depended on it. That's why they think socialists and Democrats have the right answers. They don't even know why the USSR failed.

[vpintheak]

If it was me, I would find his grave and piss on it. Is that wrong?

[wallcrawlr]

Here is the birthday boy

[Spirited]

May God return upon them what they celebrate in Staloween.

[SeeSalt]

"He was a paranoid"


Exactly! the above words belong to Stalin'daughter who lives in London.

[jb6]

There will always be idiots. Thankfully the median age of the Communist party in Russia is 56 and dieing. Now if we only had the same luck with the communists here in the US. Do you know that there is now a full sized statue of Lenin (may he and Stalin rot in Hell) in Seattle?

[GarySpFc]

A growing number of Russian towns in recent years have considered erecting monuments to Stalin, a controversial issue for many Russians who say the dictator was responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people.

Let's see, I wonder if this is another one of your lies to discredit Russia. The Guardian, WorldNetDaily, yourself and other Poles helped promote the lie about the statue of Stalin in Volgograd. I contacted the director of monuments for the city, and he didn't know anything about it, and furthermore stated neither he or the city would not approve it. I contacted WorldNetDaily, and they continued with the lie. That said, if the new story is true there are now 3 statues of Stalin in all of Russia, with one in Siberia, and a third in Moscow minus the nose.

[bkepley]

In Moscow's Red Square, several dozen people carrying red flags bearing the face of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin braved wintry weather to visit Stalin's grave.

Several dozen people..

[GarySpFc]

Several dozen people..

That was likely the two dozen communists who march in Red Square every day with their red flags. The last couple of times we were there I pointed out to my wife every one of them was almost 60 or over.

[Clara Lou]

If this is anyone's lie, it's AP's, right? [WND is no source of accurate information, IMO.]

[lizol]

Please submit your complaint to the editor in chief of the Guardian instead of insulting other people (like me) by saying, that they lie.

A true Christian wouldn't do it. It's against the 8th commandement.

[traumer]

"This is the equivalent of Germany unveiling a statue of Adolf Hilter on his birthday."

No it's not