Whence Stalin's popularity? (last post for day)

[ChrisD(RJ)]

On the subject of attitudes toward socialism in the FSU, these are results
from a poll taken in the Russian Caucasus republic of Dagestan:

Question: On what principles should the Dagestani state be built -- those
of Islam and Shariah (Islamic law), those of Western democracies, or those
of socialism?  

The breakdown of responses was:

	socialism		63 percent

	Western democracy	22.5 percent

	Islam			11 percent