People take pictures near a newly unveiled wall sculpture depicting Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, recreated in place of the original monument, which was removed in the 1960s, at Taganskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering.
The life-size wall sculpture in Moscow's Taganskaya metro station depicts Stalin standing on Moscow's Red Square surrounded by a crowd of Soviet citizens looking at him in admiration, and is a recreation of a monument that was unveiled in the same station in 1950, three years before Stalin died.
