But that’s why they miss Stalin! That’s exactly my point. Some Russians actually wish they had Stalin back because then there was only one uncertainty in life - would you be picked up by the KGB that day? If you stayed a supporter of the Soviet system, you life was essentially set. You would never have much if you were an average nobody, but you would have food (bread, cabbage and not much else), shelter (cramped apartment sharing a bathroom and kitchen with others!), and a job (a complete sham most likely where you did little, achieved nothing and got paid anyway).