The name is a joke, from wikipedia, "Stalin brutally optimizes". Very much true. You know, it would be quite an undertaking to find russian tech guys offended by this name.
russians not offended is one thing, you'll find more people offended by it in the surrounding ex-colonies.
just like the people most offended by nazi glorification do not live in germany. just like people offended by war japan glorification do not live in japan. just like people offended by confederate glorification are not white. sexism, not male, etc etc etc.
is it that hard of a concept? empathy towards others?
And I've also found https://github.com/n4kz/stalin.js by a russian guy - Joseph Stalin => stalin.js - Badass mustache compiler