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Georgian communists mark Stalin's death anniversary
Interfax ^ | Mar 5 2006 3:15PM

Posted on 03/06/2006 8:57:34 AM PST by x5452

Mar 5 2006 3:15PM Georgian communists mark Stalin's death anniversary

TBILISI. March 5 (Interfax) - A gathering to mark the anniversary of Stalin's death was held on Sunday by Georgian Communists in the Georgian town of Gori, the birthplace of Stalin.

About 100 communists and members of the Dzhugashvili family, among them Stalin's grandson Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, gathered in front of the local Stalin museum, an Interfax correspondent reported.

After the meeting, wreaths were laid to a monument to Stalin in the center of Gori. sd md


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: communists; dictators; dzhugashvili; georgia; georgians; massmurderer; stalin; yevgenydzhugashvili
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1 posted on 03/06/2006 8:57:36 AM PST by x5452
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To: x5452

Who's marking the death of Prokofiev? Died the same day as Stalin.


2 posted on 03/06/2006 8:58:29 AM PST by Borges
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To: x5452

Who cares. Russia sucks.


3 posted on 03/06/2006 9:02:23 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Borges

Prokofiev was much more worthy of tribute. His stirring compositions still haunt my musical memory.


4 posted on 03/06/2006 9:03:16 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: x5452
Thousands of people from across the USSR flock to Moscow to view his body as it lies in state, culminating in a stampede that kills hundreds rushing to pay their last respects.

Stalin was able to kill from the grave. The mark of a true monster.

5 posted on 03/06/2006 9:03:27 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Stalin tormented him as he did many Russian Artists. just before he died Stalin was planning another purge which would no doubt have reached composers in some way. A shame P couldn't have lived longer and celebrated his death in music the way Shostakovitch did in the 10th symphony.
6 posted on 03/06/2006 9:04:29 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Apparently not Georgian communists :)


7 posted on 03/06/2006 9:04:34 AM PST by x5452
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To: x5452

I just took a bathroom break where I also marked Stalin's death.


8 posted on 03/06/2006 9:18:25 AM PST by Freedom_no_exceptions (No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions

:)


9 posted on 03/06/2006 9:19:38 AM PST by x5452
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To: x5452
Stalin was responsible for some 20 million deaths in the USSR. Celebrate his death? talk about Holocaust denial!

kind regards
10 posted on 03/06/2006 9:22:03 AM PST by vimto
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To: MARKUSPRIME

Hey, buddy... GEORGIA is NOT in Russia... it is one of our newest and most prominent candidates to join NATO!! HOOwhooo!!


11 posted on 03/06/2006 9:27:23 AM PST by Lion in Winter (The older I get the more I want to see ISLAM EXPOSED AS THE SHAM it is...)
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To: vimto

Its sad anyone would come out in support of Stalin.


12 posted on 03/06/2006 9:34:41 AM PST by x5452
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To: MARKUSPRIME

Georgia is not Russia.

But you're right: Russia sucks.


13 posted on 03/06/2006 9:42:15 AM PST by docbnj
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Tragic - and yet it is the crown of democracy that they can do so - a privilege they would not extend to us were it the other way around.

kind regards.


14 posted on 03/06/2006 9:49:57 AM PST by vimto ("Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton." King George III)
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To: docbnj

SECRETARY RICE: I very well know Mr. Medvedev. We have talked on a number of occasions.

But could I go back to the broader question here, which you began to ask? How do we see development of U.S.-Russian relations? Is Russia a strategic partner? Russia is not a strategic enemy or we are not against Russia. It is a country with which we have developed excellent relations over a very long period of time now, really going back to the period of perestroika and the Soviet Union and continuing. And I think that President Bush and President Putin have gained a respect for each other and that they work very well together.

So we see Russia as a strategic partner moving forward. We see Russia as a strategic partner in the war on terrorism. We see Russia as a strategic partner in stopping the spread of weapons of mass destruction. We see Russia as a strategic partner in solving regional issues, like the Balkans or the Middle East.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/44968.htm


15 posted on 03/06/2006 9:53:23 AM PST by x5452
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To: vimto

Another excellent exercise of democratic rights is the Georgian Anti-Soros group which has been fighting Soros funding of politicians, and his NGOs which donate to abortion clinics, and homosexual rights groups.


16 posted on 03/06/2006 9:54:55 AM PST by x5452
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To: Lion in Winter

In Russia millions are still nostalgic about Stalin and his iron fist.


17 posted on 03/06/2006 9:56:32 AM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: x5452

Of all things it is the willingness to kill the unborn that marks the savagery of the so called liberal position. Human sacrifices to the God of convenience. The deepest darkness of the human soul.

kind regards


18 posted on 03/06/2006 10:01:22 AM PST by vimto ("Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton." King George III)
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To: Mi-kha-el

Actually there are precisious few nostalgic for Stalin.

Even a survey of folks asking simply whether he was more beneficial to Russia or detrimental to Russia (a tough question) only 47% felt he was more beneficial. Yet 49% of Ukranians are specifically nostalgic for the days of Stalin.


19 posted on 03/06/2006 10:01:30 AM PST by x5452
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Look. 47% in Russia is a lot of folks. And that's disturbing.


20 posted on 03/06/2006 10:22:02 AM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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