Stalin 130th Anniversary

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The grandson of Josef Stalin (Jugashvili), Yevgeny Jugashvili (C) poses with his grandsons Josef Jugashvili (L) and Vaso Jugashvili (R) next to the portrait of their famous relative in the central square of Gori, some 80 kilometers from Tbilisi on December 21, 2009. People pay tribute to Joseph Stalin 130 years after his birth, with debate still raging in the country over the reputation of a leader seen in the West as an evil tyrant. While historians blame Stalin for the deaths of millions in purges, prison camps and forced collectivization, many in Russia still praise him for leading the Soviet Union to victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. AFP / VANO SHLAMOV