DISCUSSION TOPIC: STALIN AND HISTORICAL MEMORY

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Possible Starting Places

  Andrei Kozovoi, "70 Years After His Death, Stalin's Ghost Still Haunts Russia," The Conversation, March 8, 2023.

  David Segal, "A Monster To History, Stalin Is A Tourist Magnet In His Hometown," New York Times, June 30, 2019.

Stalin In The News

Joseph Stalin News -- Times Topics:  An anthology of articles from the New York Times.

  Lesley M. M. Blume, "How Stalin's Control Of Foreign Reporters Helped Shape Russia Coverage Today," New York Times, July 3, 2023.

  "Defiant Kremlin Critic Vladimir Kara-Murza Likens His Case To Stalin's Show Trials," Guardian, April 10, 2023.

  Anastassia Boutsko, "Why The Cult Of Josef Stalin Is Flourishing," DW, March 6, 2023.

  "Russia Orders Closure Of Human Rights Group Memorial," DW, December 28, 2021.

  Pjotr Sauer, "Masked Men Storm Moscow Screening Of Film About Stalin-Era Famine," Guardian, October 15, 2021.

  Peter Bradshaw, "'State Funeral' Review -- The Eerie Last Rites Of Stalin's Soviet Union," Guardian, May 19, 2021.

  Alex Von Tunzelmann, "'It's Impossible To Take Your Eyes Off This Infinitely Dear Face': The Startling Film About Stalin's Funeral," Guardian, May 14, 2021.

  A. O. Scott, "'State Funeral' Review: Saying Goodbye To Stalin," New York Times, May 6, 2021.

  Serhii Plokhy, "'Stalin's War' by Sean McMeekin Review -- A Revisionist Take On The Second World War," Guardian, April 6, 2021.

  Robert Tait, "Stalin Statue Site Reveals Chilling Remains Of Prague Labour Camp," Observer, March 28, 2021.

  Chris Brown, "Why A Moscow Kebab Shop Has Reignited Debate Over Stalin's Legacy," CBC News, January 15, 2021.

"Russia Christens Cathedral -- Without Putin, Stalin Mosaics," DW, June 14, 2020.

  Andrew Higgins, "He Found One Of Stalin's Mass Graves; Now He's In Jail," New York Times, April 27, 2020.

  Diana Preston, "We're Still Living In Stalin's World," New York Times, February 4, 2020.

  Lucian Kim, "Amid 'Quiet Rehabilitation Of Stalin,' Some Russians Honor The Memory Of His Victims," All Things Considered, NPR, July 8, 2019.

  "Is Stalin Back In Fashion With Russians?," BBC News, May 9, 2019.  (3 mins)

  "Joseph Stalin: Why So Many Russians Like The Soviet Dictator," BBC News, April 18, 2019.

  Marc Bennetts, "'Homage To Evil': Russian Activists Detained Over Stalin Protest," Guardian, March 8, 2019.

  Robert Burton-Bradley, "Bears, Vodka And Harry Potter: The Hunt For Stalin's Forgotten Gulags In Siberia," ABC News, November 17, 2018.

  Robert Tait, "Stalin Rubble Throws Into Focus Czechs' 20th-Century Struggles," Guardian, September 30, 2018.

  "Rare Witness To Horror Of Stalin's Gulag Prisons Dies," BBC News, July 24, 2018.

  Jochen Kurten, "'The Death Of Stalin': The Film That Dares Viewers To Laugh About The Russian Dictator," DW, March 29, 2018.

  Manohla Dargis, "Review: The Slapstick Horror Of 'The Death Of Stalin,'" New York Times, March 8, 2018.

  Marc Bennetts, "Moscow Police Raid Cinema Showing 'The Death Of Stalin,'" Guardian, January 26, 2018.

  Matthew Luxmoore, "In Russia, 'The Death Of Stalin' Is No Laughing Matter," New York Times, January 24, 2018.

  "Russia Bars 'Extremist' British Comedy 'The Death Of Stalin,'" BBC News, January 23, 2018.

"Russian Historian Who Exposed Stalin's Crimes Forced To Undergo Psychiatric Testing," PRI, January 9, 2018.

Jackie Mansky, "The True Story Of The Death Of Stalin," Smithsonian, October 10, 2017.

  Caryn James, "Film Review: 'The Death Of Stalin' Is Absurdly Funny," BBC Culture, September 14, 2017.

  Peter Bradshaw, "'The Death Of Stalin' Review -- Armando Iannuci Has Us Tremblin' In The Kremlin," Guardian, September 9, 2017.

  Elina Ibragimowa, "Why Stalin Is Causing A Classroom Storm In Russia," DW, July 29, 2017.

  Andrew Higgins, "Trump Embraces 'Enemy Of The People,' A Phrase With A Fraught History," New York Times, February 26, 2017.

  Daniel Politi, "Trump Calling Media 'Enemy Of The American People' Reminiscent Of Stalin, Mao," Slate, February 18, 2017.

"Joseph Stalin's Former Holiday Home, In Pictures," Telegraph, February 8, 2017.

  "Russia Josef Stalin: Outspoken Grandson Is 'Found Dead,'" BBC News, December 22, 2016.

  Robert Coalson and Dmitry Volchek, "Great-Grandson Of Man Killed In Stalin's Purges To Sue Russian State," Guardian, November 30, 2016.

"Soviet Patriotism In Russian Text Book," BBC News, October 25, 2016.

"Stalin's Victims Painted From History," BBC News, September 8, 2016.

  "Russians Row Over Gulag Memorial Garden," BBC News, September 1, 2016.

  Sheila Fitzpatrick, "Review Of 'The Last Days Of Stalin,' By Joshua Rubenstein -- An Historic Opportunity Missed," Guardian, August 18, 2016.

  Donald Rayfield, "'On Stalin's Team' By Sheila Fitzpatrick: Review," Guardian, April 27, 2016.

  Alec Luhn, "Stalin, Russia's New Hero," New York Times, March 11, 2016.

  Sarah Rainsford, "Russian Plaques Mark Stalin's Victims," BBC News, February 22, 2016.

"Ensuring Stalin's Victims Are Not Forgotten," BBC News, February 22, 2016.

  Steven Rosenberg, "Stalin 'Used Secret Laboratory To Analyse Mao's Excrement,'" BBC News, January 28, 2016.

  Daniil Turovsky, "Russian City Opens Cultural Centre Celebrating Stalin," Guardian, January 11, 2016.

  Nadia Beard, "Stalin Rises Again Over Vladimir Putin's Russia, Six Decades After His Death," Independent, 2016.

  Dina Newman, "Alexei Stakhanov: The U.S.S.R.'s Superstar Miner," BBC Newsmagazine, December 30, 2015.

  "Gerard Depardieu To Play Josef Stalin In New Movie," BBC News, December 30, 2015.

  Benjamin Lee, "Gerard Depardieu To Play Joseph Stalin In New Film," Guardian, December 29, 2015.

"Russia: Local Communist Party Plans 'Year Of Stalin,'" BBC News, December 8, 2015.

  "New Russian Gulag Museum Recreates Soviet Terror," BBC News, October 30, 2015.

  Shaun Walker, "Russia's Gulag Camps Cast In Forgiving Light Of Putin Nationalism," Guardian, October 29, 2015.

  "Stalin Portraits Emerge In Heart Of Ukraine's Rebel-Held Territory," Guardian, October 19, 2015.

  Sabrina Tavernise, "Russian Project Honors Stalin's Victims And Stirs Talk On Brutal Past," New York Times, September 20, 2015.

  Cathy Young, "Russia Denies Stalin's Killer Famine," Daily Beast (August 30, 2015).

  "Robert Conquest: Revealing The Horror Of Stalin," BBC Newsmagazine, August 6, 2015.

  Andrew North, "Georgia's Stalin Museum Gives Soviet Version Of Dictator's Life Story," Guardian, August 4, 2015.

Glenn C. Altschuler, "'Stalin's Daughter,' By Rosemary Sullivan," SF Gate, July 2, 2015.

  Olga Grushin, "'Stalin's Daughter,' By Rosemary Sullivan," New York Times, June 12, 2015.

Janet Maslin, "Review: 'Stalin's Daughter,' By Rosemary Sullivan, Looks At A Complicated Life," New York Times, June 9, 2015.

  Mansur Mirovalev, "Russia's Resurgent Love For Josef Stalin," Al Jazeera, June 3, 2015.

  "Kazakhstan: Villagers Put Stalin Back On Pedestal," BBC News, May 14, 2015.

  Andrew E. Kramer, "Ukraine Separatists Rewrite History Of 1930s Famine," New York Times, April 29, 2015.

  Laurence Peter, "Stalin Wiped From Soviet Gulag Prison Museum," BBC News, March 3, 2015.

  Luke Harding, "Stalin's Grandson Loses 'Bloodthirsty Cannibal' Libel Case," Guardian, January 15, 2015.

  Serge Schmemann, "From Czarist Rubble, A Russian Autocrat Rises," New York Times, January 8, 2015.

  Oliver Bullough, "'Stalin: Paradoxes Of Power, 1878-1928 -- The Despot's Early Years,'" Observer, November 23, 2014.

Sheila Fitzpatrick, "'Stalin: Paradoxes Of Power, 1878-1928' By Stephen Kotkin Review," Guardian, October 22, 2014.

  David Schneider, "Break A Leg -- Or Get Shot: The Jewish Actors Who Braved Stalin's Terror," Guardian, June 8, 2014.

  Ken Belson, "Stalin's Presence Is Still Felt In Host City," New York Times, February 23, 2014.

  Alison Flood, "'One Night In Winter' By Simon Sebag Montefiore -- Review," Observer, September 8, 2013.

Uwe Klussmann, "Six Decades Later: Stalin Cult Alive And Well In Russia," Spiegel Online, March 5, 2013.

"Russia Marks 60 Years Since Stalin's Death," CBS News, March 5, 2013.

Martin Chilton, "Soviet Theatre Show Sparks Controversy," Telegraph, March 5, 2013.

"Russians Divided Over Remembering Stalin," BBC News, March 5, 2013.

Jonathan Earle, "Stalin Lives On, 60 Years After Death," Moscow Times, March 4, 2013.

  Samuel Rachlin, "Op-Ed Contributor: Stalin's Long Shadow," New York Times, March 4, 2013.

  Damien McGuinness, "Stalin Anniversary: Georgian Supporters Lead To Defense," BBC News, March 4, 2013.

Bethany Bell, "Georgia Divided Over Stalin 'Local Hero' Status In Gori," BBC News, March 4, 2013.

Masha Lipman, "Stalin Lives," Foreign Policy (March 1, 2013).

Georgy Boyt, "Back To Stalin's Soviet Union," Moscow Times, February 15, 2013.

  "City Formerly Known As Stalingrad May Hold Referendum On Name," Guardian, February 4, 2013.

  "Stalingrad Name To Be Revived For Anniversaries," BBC News, February 1, 2013.

Andrew Roth, "Russia Revives The Namesake Of 'Uncle Joe,'" New York Times, January 31, 2013.

  Masha Gessen, "The Stalin In Putin," International Herald Tribune, August 13, 2012.

  "Pussy Riot Punks Compare Trial To Stalin-Era," Al Jazeera, August 9, 2012.

  Lucy Ash, "Joseph Stalin's Deadly Railway To Nowhere," BBC Newsmagazine, June 6, 2012.

David Sillito, "Hamlet: The Play Stalin Hated," BBC News, April 22, 2012.

  "Notebook's Positive Portrayal Of Dictator Stalin Sparks Row," BBC News, April 4, 2012.

"How Stalin's Daughter Defected In India," BBC News, November 29, 2011.

  Douglas Martin, "Lana Peters, Stalin's Daughter, Dies At 85," New York Times, November 28, 2011.

Eyder Peralta, "Lana Peters, Stalin's Last Surviving Child, Has Died," Two-Way, NPR, November 28, 2011.

  Laurence Peter, "Russian Theatre Brings Stalin's Terror To London," BBC News, January 24, 2011.

  "Russian Parliament Condemns Stalin For Katyn Massacre," BBC News, November 26, 2010.

  Neil Ascherson, "Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler And Stalin By Timothy Snyder -- Review," Guardian, October 9, 2010.

"Georgian Town Split On Fallen Stalin Statue," BBC News, June 26, 2010.

  Sarah Marcus and Ellen Barry, "Georgia Knocks Stalin Off His Pedestal," New York Times, June 25, 2010.

"Stalin Statue Taken Down In His Georgian Hometown," BBC News, June 25, 2010.

  "In Pictures: Georgia Removes Stalin Statue," BBC News, June 25, 2010.

Luke Harding, "In Joseph Stalin's Birthplace, Tyrant Is Finally Toppled," Guardian, June 25, 2010.

Edward Stourton, "Kyrgyzstan: Stalin's Deadly Legacy," Guardian, June 20, 2010.

"Artists Take On The New Cult Of Stalin," Independent, May 28, 2010.

  Colin Graham, "Reports Of A Stalinist Revival Have Been Exaggerated," Guardian, May 27, 2010.

Thomas Sherlock, "Stalin's Ghost," New York Times, May 10, 2010.

"Founder Of Stalin Museum Killed In Russia," BBC News, April 30, 2010.

William Dunbar, "Dictator's Home Town Says Goodbye Stalin As Statue Is Torn Down," Independent, 2010.

Adam LeBor, "Russia Gets Misty-Eyed About Stalin," Guardian, November 11, 2009.

  Richard Galpin, "Medvedev Blasts Stalin Defenders," BBC News, October 30, 2009.

Victoria Khromova, "Russia Has Changed: It Is Now Open About The Stalin Era," Guardian, October 21, 2009.

"Russian Court Rejects Stalin Case," BBC News, October 13, 2009.

"Stalin's Grandson Sues Newspaper," BBC News, October 8, 2009.

Fred Weir, "Lawsuit To Defend Stalin Divides Russia," Christian Science Monitor, September 15, 2009.

  Sophia Kishkovsky, "Re-Stalinization Of A Moscow Subway Station," New York Times, August 27, 2009.

  "Stalin's Bid For A New World Order," BBC News, August 25, 2009.

Maxton Walker, "Great Journeys: Stalin Stories," Guardian, June 9, 2009.

  Clifford Levy, "Kiev Journal: A New View Of A Famine That Killed Millions," New York Times, March 15, 2009.

  Luke Harding, "Author Claims Political Pressure Behind Cancellation Of Stalin Book," Guardian, March 3, 2009.

Joseph Frank, "In Stalin's Trap," New York Review of Books (February 26, 2009).

  "Stalin Voted Third-Best Russian," BBC News, December 28, 2008.

Richard Galpin, "Stalin's New Status In Russia," BBC News, December 27, 2008.

  Clifford J. Levy, "Kremlin Rules: Nationalism Of Putin's Era Veils Sins Of Stalin's," New York Times, November 26, 2008.

  Laurence Rees, "The Whitewashing Of Stalin," BBC News Magazine, November 10, 2008.

  Dan Bilefsky, "In Georgia, A Reverence For Stalin," New York Times, September 30, 2008.

  Simon Sebag Montefiore, "Putin In The Shadow Of The Red Czar," New York Times, August 25, 2008.

  Sabrina Tavernise, "Russian Soldiers Occupying Stalin's Birth City Are Buoyed By Battle With Georgia," New York Times, August 13, 2008.

Christa Case Bryant, "Putin Legacy: In The Classroom, A More Controlled View Of History," Christian Science Monitor, February 28, 2008.

"Young Stalin By Simon Sebag Montefiore," Guardian, January 3, 2008.

  Joshua Rubenstein, "Stalin's Children," New York Times, November 25, 2007.

  Yonatan Lupu, "'Whisperers' Humanizes The Statistics Of Stalin's Dictatorship," San Francisco Chronicle, November 25, 2007.

Douglas Smith, "Review: Montefiore's 'Stalin' Shows Dictator As A Young Man," San Francisco Chronicle, November 5, 2007.

Megan Dixon, "Stalin: The Man And The Era," Christian Science Monitor, October 30, 2007.

"Putin Honours Victims Of Stalin," BBC News, October 30, 2007.

  "In Pictures: Putin Laments Stalin Purges," BBC News, October 30, 2007.

"Stalin's Victims Find A Voice," Observer, October 21, 2007.

William Grimes, "Books Of The Times: The Dictator As A Young Poet-Thug," New York Times, October 19, 2007.

  "Huge Cross Marks Stalin Purges," BBC News, August 8, 2007.

"Ukraine Row Over Stalin Posters," BBC News, March 26, 2007.

Steven Knipp, "Stalin's Legacy Lives In Georgia: Grandson Defends Notorious Soviet Leader's Actions," San Francisco Chronicle, December 17, 2006.

  Steve Rosenberg, "Stalin Stirs Caucasus Passions," BBC News, June 13, 2006.

"Russia Plans Stalinist Monument," BBC News, April 20, 2006.

  Tim Whewell, "The Speech Russia Wants To Forget," BBC News, February 23, 2006.

  "Russia Marks Stalin Anniversary," BBC News, December 21, 2005.

Nick Paton Walsh, "Russia May Finish Stalin's 'Railway Of Bones.'" Guardian, November 2, 2005.

  Sunil Raman, "Stalin And Lenins Reunite In India," BBC News, November 1, 2005.

Tom Parfitt, "Row Over Sale Of Stalin's Dacha," Guardian, July 1, 2005.

  "Trotsky Murder Weapon 'In Mexico,'" BBC News, June 17, 2005.

Nick Paton Walsh, "New Russians Gripped By Stalin's Old Spell," Guardian, April 21, 2005.

"Poll Lauds Stalin On Anniversary," Guardian, March 5, 2005.

Angus MacQueen, "Man Of Terror," Guardian, November 13, 2004.

  "Service Helps Heal Russian Orthodox Rift," BBC News, May 15, 2004.

"Stalin Loses Budapest Citizenship," BBC News, April 30, 2004.

Michiko Kakutani, "Books Of The Times: His Cure-All Was Murder," New York Times, April 16, 2004.

  "Remembering Stalin's Deportations," BBC News, February 23, 2004.

  Scott Peterson, "In Siberia's Hinterlands, Some Would Vote For Stalin," Christian Science Monitor (December 4, 2003).

Anna Badkhen, "Soviet Union's Past Remains Buried: Human Rights Group Trying To Uncover Full Truth Behind Stalin's Bloody Reign," San Francisco Chronicle, August 22, 2003.

  "Russia's Resistance To Facing Past," BBC News (August 13, 2003).

Jonathan Glancey, "Do Not Disturb," Guardian, July 31, 2003.

Roy Hattersley, "Inside A Monster's Mind," Observer, July 20, 2003.

Robert Service, "A Despot And A Flirt," Guardian, July 19, 2003.

  "Stalin's Ghost Looms Large," BBC News (July 12, 2003).

  "Thousands Pay Respect To Stalin," BBC News (March 6, 2003).

Robert Conquest, "Stalin's Reputation As A Ruthless Master Of Deception Remains Intact," Guardian International, March 5, 2003.

Jonathan Freedland, "Stalin Is Alive," Guardian, March 5, 2003.

"Shades Of Opinion On Stalin Legacy," BBC NEWS, MARCH 5, 2003.

"How Russia Faced Its Dark Past," BBC NEWS, MARCH 5, 2003.

  "Russians Divided Over Stalin," BBC NEWS, MARCH 4, 2003.

"The Mystery Of Stalin's Death," BBC News (February 24, 2003).

  "Stalin Still Revered In Georgia," BBC News (October 21, 2002).

  "Russian Satirist Sued Over 'Gay Stalin,'" BBC News (July 11, 2002).

Scott Peterson, "A Letter From Gori, Georgia: Candle-Lit Memories of Stalin," Christian Science Monitor (March 6, 2001).

Luc Sante, "The Very Picture Of Bliss: The Art Of Mangling Photographs, Stalinist-Style," Slate, November 6, 1997.

Bill Keller, "Major Soviet Paper Says 20 Million Died As Victims Of Stalin," New York Times, February 4, 1989.

Bill Keller, "In U.S.S.R., A Painful Prying At Roots Of Stalin's Tyranny," New York Times, June 11, 1988.

Philip Taubman, "Dismantling The Stalin Myth: New Effort Under Gorbachev," New York Times, March 15, 1987.