Bust of Felix Dzerzhinsky unveiled at children's camp in Russian town of Chernoistotsinsky

A bust of Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Soviet secret police Cheka, was unveiled in the settlement of Chernoistotsinsky near Nizhny Tagil in Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast. The monument was installed on the grounds of a children's camp. The initiative came from Dmitri Kostennikov, a representative of the Nizhny Tagil city council from the United Russia party.

In Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast, in the settlement of Chernoistotsinsky near Nizhny Tagil, a monument was unveiled to Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder and first head of the Soviet secret police, the Cheka. The bust was placed on the grounds of a children's camp.

The unveiling was announced by Dmitri Kostennikov, a representative of the Nizhny Tagil city council representing the United Russia party, who was the main driving force behind the initiative. According to Kostennikov, this represents an important commemoration of a significant historical figure.

Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926) was the founder and head of the Soviet Union's most repressive organ — the Cheka, or Extraordinary Commission — under whose leadership numerous political reprisals were carried out. In Western countries and former Soviet republics, he is regarded as a symbol of mass terror.

Dzerzhinsky monuments have regained popularity in Russia in recent years, but the placement of a statue of such a historical figure on the grounds of a children's camp has drawn international attention.