This year alone, 17 memorial sites dedicated to Stalin have been opened in Russia.
In total, over the past thirty years, 210 such objects (monuments, bas-reliefs, mosaics, private museums) have appeared in the country. Such data опубликовала social anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova.
The North Caucasus District ranks first in terms of "Stalinization" (42 monuments). Arkhipova attributes this to the local cult of Stalin in North Ossetia и Dagestan.
In second place (38 monuments) is the Volga Federal District, where the Communist Party of the Russian Federation is traditionally strong. In third place (33 monuments) is the Central Federal District.
NeMoskva reported on the creeping Stalinization in various regions of Russia. For example, in Vologda, a third monument to the dictator was erected this year. Volgograd, for ten days a year—Victory Day, Remembrance and Sorrow Day, and other commemorative dates. rename to Stalingrad. Volgograd airport already renamed to Stalingrad. And from 2022 onwards, regularly proposals are being made to permanently return the name of Stalingrad to the city, despite the fact that, according to polls, the majority of residents are against it.