i am taking a Russian History class this semester, and we had a pro/antt-Stalin debate the other day. I had been told for so long that Stalin was bad, that I was surprised that there was such a pro-Stalinist argument.

Basically, the sides were the damage he did by terrorrizing, starving, and murdering the people vs. the industrial improvements and WWII victories. I know my opinion on this argument (the first one, of course) but it left me wondering what most Russians today think about Stalin.