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Georgia's Stalin museum to focus on atrocities Apr. 9, 2012 08:02 AM Associated Press GORI, Georgia -- A museum that has honored Josef Stalin in Georgia since 1937 is being remodeled to exhibit the atrocities that were committed during the Soviet dictator's rule. Georgian Culture Minister Nika Rurua said Monday that his nation, which became independent in 1991, can no longer host a museum "glorifying the Soviet dictator." Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili in the central Georgian town of Gori in 1879, and the museum opened at the height of purges that left hundreds of thousands of people executed and millions jailed or exiled. The museum remained open despite Russia's de-Stalinization campaign and the denunciation of his personality cult that his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, declared in 1956. The gigantic museum includes the house where Stalin was born and some 47,000 exhibits, including his personal belongings and death mas |