Viktor Shmyrov, director for the Perm-36 museum in central Russia, told The Associated Press Thursday that his organization had lost the property after losing a lawsuit against the regional Ministry of Culture, which announced in 2013 that it would take over.
Millions more died of harsh labor and cruel treatment in the giant Gulag prison camp system, mass starvation in Ukraine and southern Russia and deportations of ethnic minorities.
[…] opinion polls in recent years have showed that Stalin remains a relatively popular figure in Russia, admired as a strongman and for leading Russia to victory against Nazi Germany in World War …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
