Stalin's shadow: why and how a new memorialization of the tyrant is happening in Russia
In May 2025, a large bas-relief of Stalin was unveiled at the Taganskaya station of the Moscow metro. In the same month, monuments to Stalin appeared in the Bashkir village of Amirovo and the Vologda village of Kaduy. In July, the commander of the Baltic Fleet presented a bust of the “leader of the peoples” to the Kaliningrad House of Officers, and a school in the city of Nikolsk, Vologda region, placed Stalin at its doors.