Yury Davydov, 67, gets proof of his roots after years of waiting: his grandmother was Stalin's 14 year old lover.
Communists want Soviet dictator immortalised forever in stone.
Bronze statue had been erected last month in Surgut by local people, but was seen as offensive by descendants of political detainees sent to Siberia.
Statue to Soviet dictator erected close to proposed memorial to his victims of political repression is labelled 'blasphemy’.
New details emerge about 1928 odyssey that changed a dictator.
Prisoners proudly growing vines in Kolyma where the average annual temperature is minus 3C.
Rusting Sherman dating from WW2 airlifted all the way across Russia for use in major military parade.
Stolen in Stalin era, it was found in an FSB secret service operation as it was prepared for black market sale.