Remembering Stalin -- for better or worse

Tuesday marked the 60th anniversary of the death of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. He was remembered -- as both a savior and a brutal tyrant -- in Moscow and in his hometown of Gori, Georgia.

Stalin led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. While some still view him as a hero for leading the country to victory in WWII, many despise his brutal rule which led to the death of millions.

In this photograph, Russian Communists and their supporters are seen through a transparent portrait of Stalin as they lay flowers at his tomb in Moscow's Red Square, March 5, 2013.

An elderly man holds a red flag as he stands near a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a rally in Stalin's native town of Gori, Georgia, to mark the 60th anniversary of Stalin's death, March 5, 2013.

Russian Communists and their supporters carry a portrait of Stalin as they lay flowers at his tomb in Moscow's Red Square, March 5, 2013.

An elderly man holds a portrait of Stalin inside a church in the Soviet dictator's native town of Gori, Georgia, March 5, 2013.

A communist supporter holds a portrait of Stalin as she marks the 60th anniversary of his death near Red square, Moscow, March 5, 2013.

A Russian communist party supporter holds a picture of Stalin during a rally devoted to the Defenders of the Fatherland day holiday in Moscow, Feb. 23, 2013.

Communist supporters prepare a portrait of Stalin as they mark the 60th anniversary of his death near Moscow's Red square, March 5, 2013.

An elderly man carries a portrait of Stalin while walking past a church in the Soviet dictator's native town of Gori, Georgia, March 5, 2013.

A keeper of the Battle of Stalingrad museum sits near a bust of Stalin at a museum in the Russian city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, Jan. 30, 2013.

Russian Communists and their supporters lay flowers at Stalin's tomb in Moscow's Red Square, March 5, 2013.

Communist supporters carry a portrait of Stalin as they line up to place flowers on the Soviet dictator's grave in Moscow's Red Square, March 5, 2013.

Communist party leader Gennady Zyuganov places flowers on Stalin's grave in Red Square, March 5, 2013.

Communist supporters carry a portrait of Stalin as they line up to place flowers on his grave in Red Square, March 5, 2013.

A man sits near a portrait of Stalin painted on the window of a minibus to mark the 70th anniversary of the Stalingrad Battle at the central Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Feb. 2, 2013.

Stalin's bust at his tomb and the Kremlin's Spasskaya (Saviour) Tower are silhouetted against the sky in Moscow's Red Square, March 5, 2013.

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