A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy and manipulate the history of the brutal Soviet dictator.

The sculpture shows Stalin surrounded by beaming workers and children with flowers. It was installed at the Taganskaya station to mark the 90th anniversary of the Moscow Metro, the sprawling subway known for its mosaics, chandeliers, and other ornate decorations that was built under Stalin’s bloody rule.

It replaces an earlier tribute that was removed in the decade following Stalin’s 1953 death. It was part of a drive to root out his deadly “cult of personality,” and reckon with decades of repression marked by show trials, nighttime arrests, and millions killed or thrown into priso

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