Originally Posted by holograph

outlook on Stalin with Russian mentally

we have to accept the fact that he is part of our history, any sane Russian recognizes Stalin as very harsh fearful dictator, power not to mess with. whole nation was on its knees
at the same time he would bring hope to the masses and was great organizer and leader
should Russians just erase Stalin from their history? i'm not justifying idea of his posters without knowing first hand how they are thinking to display them but Stalin will always associate with ww2 and post war period rebuilding USSR
no one in their right mind would want to wish Stalin back for any other generations
although there are some, few hard core fans of Stalin era who believe to make things go forward you need hard iron hand to control it to make it happen.