Two new monuments to the first Soviet secret police chief credited with architecting Stalin’s repressions have appeared in southern Russia and annexed Crimea, sparking mixed reactions.
The Moscow Times: New Russian monuments to Soviet secret police founder spark controversy
A picture taken on February 25, 2021 shows the monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Bolshevik leader and head of the first Soviet secret police organization, which is considered part of Russia's cultural heritage, in a park of Soviet monuments in central Moscow. - Three decades after Russians toppled the statue of Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky, they are voting on whether to restore it outside of the domestic intelligence headquarters in central Moscow.
