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February 08, 2006
Stalin Disturbingly Popular in Russia
Foreign Affairs has bad news from Russia:
Since 2003, we have conducted three surveys in Russia, and according to these polls, there is no stigma associated with Stalin in the country today. In fact, many Russians hold ambivalent or even positive views of him. For example, one-quarter or more of Russian adults say they would definitely or probably vote for Stalin were he alive and running for president, and less than 40 percent say they definitely would not. A majority of young Russians, moreover, do not view Stalin -- a man responsible for millions of deaths and enormous suffering -- with the revulsion he deserves. Although Stalinism per se is not rampant in Russia today, misperceptions about the Stalin era are. Few of the respondents to our surveys could be classified as hard-core Stalinists, but fewer still are hard-core anti-Stalinists. Most Russians, in other words, flunk the Stalin test.
Posted by Conor at February 8, 2006 04:34 AM
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Comments
Capitalism has only been present in Russia for about 15 years. I'm guessing the are still adjusting to capitalism. And I bet all the older people are too old to accept the change so they resent capitalism. And they like Stalin's communist regime.
Posted by: Brian Chadwick at February 8, 2006 07:23 PM
Why is it so suprising that comunism is still popluar? Less than 40 years ago we were in vietnam fighing the reds. The communist party holds about 20% of the vote in most european countries, especially germany and france. kim jung il, or however you spell his name, and his beaming korean country. And worst of all, many American youths are truning to communism as a way of rebelling against there cold war era parents. Communism is far from dead and all should be vigilent.
Posted by: Daniel Chadwick at February 23, 2006 07:27 PM