Another Russian region is set to erect a monument to Stalin
A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is set to be erected in Abakan, the capital of the Republic of Khakassia.
The region’s head, Valentin Konovalov, announced the conclusion of the so-called “public vote,” emphasizing that the initiative allegedly received the support of the overwhelming majority of citizens.
Local authorities are actively promoting the idea of the “voice of the people” as the basis for this decision.
“In its work and decision-making, the Khakassia government always relies on the voice of the people, on the opinion of the majority,” Konovalov cynically stated, ignoring actual statistics on public participation.
In reality, the figures reveal the manipulative nature of the process: only 13,500 people out of more than half a million residents of the region participated in the poll.
Thus, the fate of the monument to the executioner of the Ukrainian and many other peoples was decided by the votes of only 2.6% of the republic’s residents.
The process of re-Stalinization in Russia has reached alarming proportions since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
According to estimates by Russian communists, over 20 monuments to Stalin were erected in the aggressor country during this period, with 13 of them appearing in 2025 alone.
The Vologda region has emerged as the true leader in this process, having already erected three statues of the leader during the war and recently approving a fourth.
Similar trends are observed in the Moscow Region, Chuvashia, Moscow, Kaliningrad, Buryatia, and Bashkortostan.
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