Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moscow
The monument in 1991 in its original location in front of the Lubyanka Building | |
Interactive map of Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow | |
| Location | SVR headquarters, Moscow |
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| Coordinates | 55°44′07″N 37°36′32″E / 55.73528°N 37.60889°E |
| Designer | Grigory Zakharov |
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| Dedicated to | Felix Dzerzhinsky |
| Dismantled date | 22 August 1991 (KGB location), re-erected 11 September 2023 (SVR location) |
The Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Памятник Дзержинскому, romanized: Pamyatnik Dzerzhinskomu), also known by the nickname Iron Felix (Russian: Железный Феликс, romanized: Zheleznyy Feliks), commemorates Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Bolshevik revolutionary and head of the first two Soviet state-security secret police organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU. The monument, designed by Grigory Zakharov and incorporating a statue of Dzerzhinsky sculpted by Yevgeny Vuchetich, was erected on Dzerzhinsky Square, Moscow in 1958, next to the Lubyanka Building.