Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moscow

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 and incorporating a statue of Dzerzhinsky sculpted by Yevgeny Vuchetich, was erected on Dzerzhinsky Square, Moscow in 1958, next to the Lubyanka Building.