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In Pictures: Stalin is Making a Comeback

A portrait of Josef Stalin seen at the entrance of Sokolniki metro station in Moscow, May 14, 2017. Moskva News Agency
Busts of Russian President Vladimir Putin (front) and Josef Stalin on sale in a street souvenir shop in St. Petersburg. Dmitry Lovetsky / AP
A cat walks next to a bust of Josef Stalin in front of a house-turned-museum in the village of Khoroshevo, west of Moscow. Pavel Golovkin / AP
A portrait of Joseph Stalin hangs on the wall of a submarine which has been converted to a museum, in Vladivostok. Greg Baker / AP
Activists in the Siberian town of Surgut erected a new monument to Josef Stalin in September 2016. Eva Hartog / for MT
Members of a musical band, dressed in traditional costumes, perform during a reception dedicated to International Rural Women's Day, with a portrait of Joseph Stalin seen in the background, at a culture center of Trunovskoye village in Stavropol. Eduard Korniyenko / Reuters
Activists remove a cloth during a ceremony to unveil a bust of Josef Stalin in Penza. Vitaly Rodionov / Reuters
A man shows his tattoo of Joseph Stalin during the 2017 Moscow Tattoo Festival at Moscow's Amber Plaza Shopping Center. Valery Sharifulin / TASS
Josef Stalin, a glass panel by painter Pavel Soyunen, on display at the third ArtExpoSPb international contemporary art fair held at the LenExpo Exhibition Complex. Alexander Demianchuk / TASS
Russians take part in a march marking Victory Day, in Stavropol, May 9, 2017. Viktor Drachev / TASS

On Sunday, May 15, a familiar face greeted Muscovites at the entrance to Sokolniki metro station. Later, authorities explained the portrait of Soviet leader Josef Stalin and Soviet banners appeared at the metro station as part of a historical reconstruction of the 82nd anniversary of the launch of the Moscow Metro.

Here, The Moscow Times takes a look at Stalin's comeback in modern Russia.

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