I have visited Russia. In particular when I went to St. Petersburg (aka Leningrad), I spent time talking to older people. What I learned was that up until the fall of the Soviet Union Stalin was viewed as a hero and savior of the Russian people (not so much in Ukraine, where he was responsible for the Hunger Death). After the fall of the Soviet Union, information started to come out about how he had written off so many Russian lives during the war. The older generation who lived through WW2 began to understand how evil he was, especially after the war ended. The shared their sense of betrayal with their children who are now the Baby Boomer generation of Russia.
There is a reason that Stalin statues have been torn down all over the former Soviet Union. The people are not going to return to honoring Stalin.
Russia is an exception here. 95 new Stalin statues have been erected during Putin’s reign.