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Yes it's when I show people a painting of comrade Stalin to see what the reaction is. But no, there are no significant groups of people who identity as a Stalinist.

There were definitely Stalin supporters when he was in power, but idk if they even called themselves Stalinists.

But I do wonder what does Wikipedia have to say about Stalinism?

Политическая система характеризуется:

- диктатурой (личной властью) Сталина;
- тоталитарным режимом (абсолютным контролем государства над всеми аспектами общественной и частной жизни)
- массовыми политическими репрессиями;
- сращиванием государственных органов и правящей коммунистической партии;
- цензурой
- пропагандой, культом личности Сталина, вождизмом и демонизацией врага;
- борьбой с религией в период 1929—1942 годов;
- фальсификацией истории;
- изоляционизмом в науке;
- борьбой с космополитизмом в период 1948—1953 годов.

Characteristics: 

- Dictatorship in accordance to Stalins rule.
- Totalitarianism regime. (Absolute control of the state, over every aspect of public end private life.)
- Political repressions on a grand scale.
- Having every part of the state departments serve the communist party's leadership. 
- Censorship
- Propaganda, Cult of personality, Leaderism and demonizing of the enemy. 
- Fight against religion from 1929 -1942. 
- Historical revisionism
- Scientific Isolationism 
- Fighting against cosmopolitanisms from 1948 - 1953 

looks down in the sources

The sources are bourgeoisie history books, so of course what's essentially slave owners will think you are the most evil person alive, that you are worse than Hitler, if you try to take it away from them. I'm hardly literate and even I know that much.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT EQUATING STALINISM = MAOISM

It's kind of like Maoism I guess? Mao was not a Maoist, it's a concept that came after him.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT EQUATING STALINISM = MAOISM

So ultimately it means what the last person told you it means. But in everyday spaces Stalinism is a manufactured concept, by Western powers, with the goal of demonizing USSR, to encourage anti-Soviet activity, to discredit their victory over the Nazis.