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The installation in public places of commemorative signs telling about the successes of Joseph Stalin supported 62 percent of Russians. These are the results of a survey conducted by the All -Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion.

At the same time, Stalin's exaltation supported 77 percent of young people aged 18 to 24 years. Among people over 60, there were 63 percent of supporters.

31 percent of respondents spoke out against the installation of monuments about Stalin's successes, 7 percent found it difficult to answer the question.

65 percent of the respondents expressed against the setting of signs reporting the failures of Stalin and its crimes. The age group of 25-34 years - 70 percent leaded here. The installation of such signs was supported by 28 percent of the respondents.

At the same time, for the installation of "neutral" memorable signs, for example, that Stalin lived in some place, visited him or performed there with a speech, 35 percent of the respondents spoke, 59 against - 59.

The main motive for the praise of Stalin called the concern for the preservation of history. 57 percent chose the answer "This is part of our history, our children should know about it." 18% of the respondents indicated that other answers - “thanks to Stalin, we won in the Great Patriotic War” (18 percent), Stalin “did a lot of good for the country” (9), “raised the country, made it great” (8). 5 percent, they believe that "under Stalin was order" and that he is a "great leader, a great man."

On July 5, the results of the All -Russian survey were published about the attitude to mass repressions , the first joint project of the Museum of the History of the Gulag, the Memory Fund and the VTsIOM. Without Stalinist repressions, it was impossible to maintain order in the country, 43 percent of the respondents. At the same time, 49 respondents are sure that the repression cannot be justified

However, only 16 percent of the respondents consider judicial decisions on the cases of repressed, while 68 percent adhere to the opposite opinion.

90 percent of Russians know about Stalinist repressions. However, 24 percent of young people aged 18-24 said they heard about them for the first time.

More than 70 percent of Russians consider it necessary to talk as much as possible about the Stalinist repressions to the young generation. Nevertheless, 22 percent of respondents believe that such conversations negatively affect the image of the country and should be minimized.