Stalin 130th Anniversary

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A Russian Communist supporter dispolays a portrait of Joseph Stalin as he joins a march to the tomb of Stalin at the Red square in Moscow on December 21, 2009. Russian Communists paid 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/ ALEXAEY SAZONOV