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I have four books on the dictator and I read about him all the time. I live in Tennessee and people look at me like I'm weird if I tell them I'm interested in Stalin. I also read a lot about other Russian history topics and I also read about the battle of Stalingrad a lot.
"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."- Ronald Reagan
Tell me son, do you understand Marx and Lenin?
It's common for people to be intrigued by the "strong man".
There's something in us all that admires strength regardless of the form it takes.
Well, reading and taking interest is great. There are advantage for that; you could write better essay in history of Russia :P
I think you'll appreciate this story more than most:
I was reading an interview conducted in the 1980's with an old Russian woman. She said, "I was born in Tsaritsyn, but I grew up in Stalingrad. I now live in Volgograd but I would like, more than anything, to see out my days in Tsaritsyn". She had, of course, lived her entire life in the same house. It almost broke my heart.