On December 21 in a number of cities in Russia and Caucasus people, and particularly youth, celebrated the 126th birthday of Josef Vissarionovich Stalin.

In the city centre of Ulianovsk at 3:00 PM Lenin Komsomol, Vanguard of Red Youth (AKM) and National Bolsheviks joined in shouting "Stalin! Party! Communism!" and "End the reforms for capitalist sharks – to the GULAG with all oligarchs!" Young communists from Komsomol and AKM handed out informational leaflets about the Leader, talked to the people, journalists and police. In addition, Lenin Komsomol held an action "Join Komsomol". Komsomol members were handing out questionnaires and agitation leaflets about the activity of their organization. Due to the communist youth drawing the attention of the community and mass media to this special occasion, the local TV channel TNT-Ulianovsk, on the same day conducted a survey of the residents of Ulianovsk about their attitude to Stalin. The results were simply stunning: over 75% of respondents called Stalin a genius politician, patriot of his country, a great man and said that his name should not under any circumstances be forgotten. This once more demonstrated that the citizens of Russia are tired of oligarchs continuously stuffing their pockets, tired of the anti-people Putin and his government's policy and that the country needs STALIN! (from www.kprf.ru)

The United Communist Party of Georgia and Georgian Komsomol organized demonstrations of protest dedicated to Stalin's 126th birthday in several Georgian cities. The demonstrators protested against anti-people policy of today's government whose internal and external policy is directed against the will of the majority of the Georgian population. The protestors called for the Georgian government and the president to resign. The main slogans were: "Stalin's task is immortal!", "Saakashvili, get out! Long live real revolution!" and "We stand for union with Russia and the Russian people!" The largest demonstrations took place in the cities Gori where the Great Leader was born and Chiatura where precisely 100 years ago Stalin spoke in front of the workers who rose against tsarism (from www.skmrf.ru).

Stalin's great-great-grandson in Stalin's chair and the grandson of J. V. Stalin, Eugeny Dzhugashvili

A monument to Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia. The monument will commemorate Stalin's birthday. The Soviet leader was of Ossetian origin. It is the second monument of Stalin to be erected in the region. The first was unveiled in a local village in the middle of the 20th century. Stalin was a much-loved figure in North Ossetia even during the years after the fall of his personality cult. A local communist even drew Stalin's portrait on a remote rock face in the flood lands. In recent times monuments to Stalin have appeared in a number of Russian cities. His busts were unveiled in the cities of Yakutsk and Krasnoyarsk and a bas-relief was restored in the city of Kaliningrad. In the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan a museum devoted to Stalin's life has been opened. (from www.mosnews.com)

Communists of the Russian city Yaroslavl have proposed the erection of a bust of Josef Stalin and naming a street after the Soviet leader. "People are becoming increasingly aware that we need a figure like Stalin, a man who did a great deal for our country and turned it into a great power. There is no place in the city where people can come and reflect on this. "I want to see a monument to Stalin in Yaroslavl," said Alexander Vorobyov, second secretary of the Yaroslavl Regional Communist Party Committee. The Communists will start raising money for the project and will urge city authorities to allot a place for the memorial, he said. 'We do not doubt that we will face obstacles, but we will not be discouraged," Vorobyov said (from Interfax).

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