Photos by RFE/RL correspondent Natalia Tchourikova.
Birthplace Of A Dictator

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Stalin's Birthplace - Josef Stalin still looms large over Gori, a small industrial town in central Georgia where he was born in 1879.

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Stalin's Birthplace - The home where Stalin was raised is today shrouded by a building that serves as the Josef Stalin Museum.

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Stalin's Birthplace - The entrance to Stalin's childhood home, and modern-day museum.

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Stalin's Birthplace - Stalin's study was moved from the Kremlin to Gori, where it remains on display.

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Stalin's Birthplace - A painting hanging in the museum shows Stalin with Mao Tse-tung.

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Stalin's Birthplace - Messages from Churchill, Roosevelt, and de Gaulle adorn the walls of the museum.

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Stalin's Birthplace - This lamp was given to Stalin by Soviet tankists.

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Stalin's Birthplace - Stalin's death mask.

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Stalin's Birthplace - Stalin's private train carriage.

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Stalin's Birthplace - The sleeping berth in Stalin's train carriage.

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Stalin's Birthplace - The halls of the seminary in Gori where Stalin studied.

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Stalin's Birthplace - A mural in the seminary.

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Stalin's Birthplace - The face of a young dictator.