Stalin, Russia's New Hero ~ New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/opinion/sunday/stalinist-nostalgia-in-vladimir-putins-russia.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
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School textbooks and state television programs, even if they briefly mention his human rights abuses, celebrate Stalin as a great leader.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_Sorrow

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bykivnia_Graves

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyń_Memorial_(Jersey_City)