Why Is Stalin So Popular in Modern Russia?

Putin, power, and the return of Stalin

Nicholas Reed on how Putin revived Stalin as a symbol of order, power, and national revival.

At the turn of the millennium, Russia teetered on a precarious geopolitical edge. A nation scarred by the wild 1990s, grappling with whether to cling to the chaotic promises of neo-liberal reform or reclaim echoes of its ironclad Soviet resolve. The economy was a…