Russian communists lay flowers at Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's tomb on Red Square next to the Kremlin wall in Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2015. Russian communists are marking the 136th anniversary of Josef Stalin's birthday. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA)





Activists and supporters of the Russian Communist Party gather before a flower-laying ceremony to mark the anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin's birthday at his grave by the Kremlin wall in central Moscow, Russia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)





A man carries a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin while marching during a rally to mark Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown in Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





Zaur Tsurtsumia (C), 78, dressed as Soviet leader Joseph Stalin during a rally marking Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown of Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





Yevgeni Dzhugashvili (C), 79, a grandson of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin attends a rally marking Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown in Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





People carry flags and portraits of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin while marching during a rally to mark Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown in Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





People carry flags and portraits of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin while marching during a rally to mark Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown in Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





People carry flags and portraits of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin while marching during a rally to mark Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown in Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





People carry flags and a portrait of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin while marching during a rally to mark Stalin's birthday anniversary at his hometown in Gori, Georgia, December 21, 2015. (Photo by David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)





Russian Communist party supporters hold portraits of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as they take part in a ceremony to mark the 136th anniversary of his birth at Red Square in Moscow on December 21, 2015. (Photo by Vasily Maximov/AFP Photo)





Zaur Tsurtsumia depicts Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during the annual celebration of Stalin's birthday in his native town of Gori, about 80 km west of Tbilisi, Georgia, 21 December 2015. Stalinists in Georgia and communists in Russia mark the136th anniversary of Stalin's birth on 21 December. (Photo by Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA)





People carry red flags and a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a march on December 21, 2015, in his native town of Gori, west of Tbilisi, to mark the 136th anniversary of his birth. (Photo by Vano ShlamovAFP Photo)