In Russia, Stalin is still #1 (almost)
He actually came in 3rd place in a popularity contest
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4BR17620081229?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&sp=true
We had the same thing in Portugal, and surprisingly most people voted for the fascist dictator Salazar.
I seriously doubt most people in Portugal would see Salazar as someone to be chosen as the best Portuguese of all times, so I question the veracity of these results.
Still it’s funny to say that Russians like Stalin
I liked to read the reaction of one of the judges
We now have to think very seriously, why the nation chooses to put Josef Vissarionovich Stalin in third place,“ prominent actor and film director Nikita Mikhalkov, one of the contest’s judges, said after the results of the vote flashed on a screen.