I had to go to the Stalin Museum for the pure kitch and curiousity of it. It is in the town of Gori, just an hour west of Tbilisi. Gori is Stalin's birth place and the best thing to happen to Gori. With probably the only 2 outdoor statues of Stalin, Stalin Ave., and an almost frozen in time Soveit feel. I found it full of propaganda and not much fact. Of course they did not mention the millions he killed and exiled, but neither did the mention the positive things he did for the Soviet Union
The "Big Man"
"I give my blood to the motherland and Stalin" By a dying soldier
Six hours after his death by "high blood pressure" (or poisioning) they made a cast of his face.
They have preserved Stalin's birthhome underneath a massive stone mausoleum, note the stained glass roof.
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