He sent millions to their deaths in the gulag, but that has not deterred Russians from voting en masse for Josef Stalin as the face of their nation.
I think the article misses the point. Stalin tried to send everybody who didn't like him much to their deaths in the gulag. Many of Russia's current residents are the children and grandchildren of the folks who liked him a lot. You might say Stalin accelerated evolution within the U.S.S.R.; during his life liking him was a survival trait. Darwin lives....
