https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-unveils-statue-to-soviet-secret-police-chief-d3928d53?refsec=topics_afp-news
SVR chief Sergei Naryshkin praised Dzerzhinsky as a "symbol of his time" and a "standard of crystal honesty" during the unveiling ceremony on Monday.
"He remained true to his ideals to the end -- the ideals of goodness and justice," Naryshkin said
I've never heard of him
He was the founder of KGB or cheka in his time, a close friend of Lenin . My father used to say he was considered as the most honest man in that era . He also took thousands of poor kids from streets and gave them education and shelter
There's a whole city named after him
Former polish noble who joined the Bolsheviks and founded and headed the Cheka. Known for three things: