http://syndication.ap.org/AP.Distro.ContentBroker2/ContentBroker.aspx?contentid=e29d8722a7ece1388a0f6a7067005af3&iid=523a0ee8fc0d468db71fd8750d29032e&rsn=0&recordid=523a0ee8fc0d468db71fd8750d29032e&filingId=ba885f0a8e9a434f8b75033a2b5d727f&role=Preview&reldt=2015-12-18T09:11:27&media=Photo&sz=&dest=ak&trF=MOSB505&ofn=Russia%2bStalin.JPEG&fmt=jpg&relativeUrl=jpg/2015/201512/18/e29d8722a7ece1388a0f6a7067005af3.jpg&s3Key=preview.jpg&authToken=eNotizEOwyAQBF8EugNzkAIpX8GApStiLDBKint8iJQtdorZlfqJZF0gE2gDhBX0VjLHah4leGNU8jWrijaokOBQlDyQB3DpsNK4rDs4K3PE3M678z7v1sdzn4PPOlYNLrXr3F4yeY0RyMr1jn%2bBDoSvSJteQuOP6L4ccS4GA bust of Josef Stalin stands on the front lawn of a house-turned-museum in this small village, where the Soviet leader is said to have stayed the night on his only visit to the front during World War II.
Inside, the museum director, a sturdy woman armed with a wooden pointer, takes a group of preteen students around the two-room house where Stalin strategized with his generals in August 1943 as the Red Army battled to drive out the Nazi troops.
Scholars estimate that under Stalin more than 1 million people were executed in political purges. Millions more died of harsh labor …read more
Source: Business Insider
