Stalin's great-grandson proposed erecting a monument to the Generalissimo in Kirov.
The proposal was presented as the family's "permission" to erect the monument. Selim Bensaad recorded the official statement addressed to the Kirov authorities together with Stalin family biographer Lana Parshina. The Stalin monument is proposed to be placed next to the one dedicated to Dzerzhinsky, which was erected in 2017 at the initiative of former FSB officers.
Selim Bensaad is Yakov Dzhugashvili's grandson. Lana Parshina is the book's co-author. The Secret of the Stalin Family, more than 20 years ago she moved to the United States and is a citizen of this country.
In 2022 Bensaad addressed to Putin with a request to rehabilitate Stalin, recognize his merits and prohibit him from being called a “bloody dictator.”
On October 24, a monument to Stalin appeared in the Kirov region. have established In a children's park in Orlov, at the initiative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). Selim Bensaad attended the opening. Not all residents agreed with the appearance of Stalin in the city, especially in such a location. The Vyatka Regional Public Organization of Victims of Political Repression and active citizens of Orlov filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office.
Since the beginning of Putin's presidency, almost a hundred monuments to Stalin.
Video: Lana Parshina