“Yes, Stalin was a historical and state figure, but he was a criminal, he
killed many people. And if you are going to print such exercise books then
you need to write ‘Murderer’ in big letters on them.”
Mr Volkov compared the publication to printing a pad with “Hitler’s
swastika” on the cover.
The publisher, Alt, has refused to withdraw from sale the controversial
exercise books, which are sold in a series that includes Catherine the Great
and composer Sergei Rakhmaninov. It said that an objective biography of
Stalin on the final pages of the notepad explains that hundreds of thousands
of people were shot during his Great Terror in the 1930s.
However, Nikolai Svanidze, another member of the Public Chamber, said that was
no excuse. “When a child sees this sumptuous cover with a handsome
mustachioed Stalin, then [the latter] is already a hero,” he said. “In
educational terms, this is just total depravity.”
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