On May 15, a life-sized wall sculpture of Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the Moscow Metro. Subway officials described it as “a gift to passengers” to mark the transit system’s 90th anniversary. The following day, unidentified activists papered the installation with old quotes from Vladimir Putin and former President Dmitry Medvedev condemning Stalin’s repressions. The Moscow branch of the liberal political party Yabloko launched a petition against the sculpture. Elizaveta Likhacheva, former director of the Pushkin Museum, called it “amateurish work,” prompting accusations that she herself is helping to normalize Stalinist imagery. Meduza traces the history of this monument, from its 1950s origins to the present-day replica.