[lbo-talk] The Times: Stalin and Tsar Nicholas II neck and neck for title of greatest Russian

[Joseph Catron]

"He sent millions to their deaths in the gulag, but that has not
deterred Russians from voting en masse for Josef Stalin as the face of
their nation.

"The Soviet tyrant and Second World War leader is battling Tsar
Nicholas II for first place in The Name of Russia, a domestic version
of the BBC series Great Britons. Stalin had been well ahead in the
online vote until the show's producer appealed to members of a popular
Russian social networking site to back Nicholas II..."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4339108.ece

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