In Russia the past 30 years, yes. Since 2007 even more so when Putin started to use the day of commemoration of the victory over Nazi-Germany as a national holdiday with grand parades and anchor for his state propaganda.

The same can be seen clearly from testimonies from the Yeltsin years, when things fell apart and people glamoured for the Stalin era. And not just for an era that gave meaning and direction to people, but because this meaning, now lost, has been paid for with tremendous sacrifices. If these were in vain, than the meaning would have been void.

I suggest Svetlana Alexievich ("Second-Hand Time") and Masha Gessen ("The Future is History") for more details. Also the various descriptions of the Gulags (e.g., Varlam Shalamov, "Kolyma Tales"), the criminal world (e.g., Mark Galeotti, "The Vory") and the various biographies and reports on Putin.