People identify with their country and look up to those who led it when it was at its most powerful. That may explain why Muscovites are more willing to accept a statue of Stalin than Berliners would be to have one of Hitler.
人们敬仰最强大的国家，也敬仰把这个国家带上这一巅峰的领袖。这或许可以解释莫斯科人能接受斯大林像而柏林人不能接受希特勒像。