"What does Stalin have to do with the Trans-Baikal Territory?": A church representative spoke out against the installation of a bust of Stalin in Chita.

A roundtable discussion on the installation of a bust of Joseph Stalin was held at the United Russia office in Chita. The only participant in the discussion, Metropolitan Dmitry of Chita and Petrovsk-Zabaikalsky, spoke out against the installation. During the presentation, he listed the names of executed clergy in the region and recalled the 20th Congress of the CPSU, which debunked Stalin's personality cult and condemned the "artificial creation of anti-Soviet centers, gross violations of the law, and extrajudicial executions."

“And the blame for this is placed personally on Stalin.” cited Metropolitan Khrushchev's report at the 20th Congress of the CPSU.

The Metropolitan also noted that "Stalin is being promoted" and asked those gathered what Stalin had done for the Trans-Baikal Territory, and why it was proposed to erect memorial plaques to him. However, the Metropolitan went unanswered. 

The roundtable discussion failed to reach a consensus, so it was decided to conduct a poll. According to United Russia, "the population is demanding a bust of Stalin." Lyubov Sakiyeva, head of the Kyra district, who spoke, noted that "the repressions meant we didn't have a fifth column." "We shouldn't blame Stalin entirely for the repressions," she said. said Sakiyaeva. 

NeMoskva wrote about the creeping Stalinization in various regions of Russia.

This year alone, 17 memorial sites dedicated to Stalin have been opened in Russia.

In just the last thirty years, 210 such objects (monuments, bas-reliefs, mosaics, private museums) have appeared across the country. These figures were published by a social anthropologist. Alexandra Arkhipova.