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Over 40% of Russians Want New Stalin — Poll

MosNews | March 4 2005

42 percent of people asked by a pollster whether modern Russia needs a politician like Joseph Stalin replied in the affirmative. 52 percent said Russia does not need a “new Stalin”.

The survey, carried out by the All-Russia Center of Public Opinion Study on Jan. 29-30, was dedicated to the upcoming anniversary of Stalin’s death on March 5.

Most of Stalin’s supporters are elderly, with 60 percent of the respondents over 60 thinking Russia needs a “new Stalin”. 31 percent of those polled between the ages of 18 and 24 would support such a politician. The figure was 35 percent for people aged 35-44.

50 percent of the respondents view Stalin’s role in the life of the Soviet Union positively overall. The quantity of people considering his role very positively has risen since last year’s poll from 16 to 20 percent.

However, according to the results of another pollster, Bashkirova and Partners, 60 percnt of respondents would not want to live under Stalin’s rule. 31 percent had nothing against it; 47 percent viewed Stalin’s role positively in general, and 43 percent negatively.

Plans to erect a monument to the members of Yalta conference in Moscow to commemorate the 60th anniversary of victory in World War II were recently revealed. The monument could include an image of Stalin.

However, the report was not confirmed by Moscow authorities.
37 percent of the people asked by the Yuri Levada Center were against this idea; 29 percent viewed it positively, while 28 percent were indifferent.