Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Ufa

The Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Памятник Феликсу Дзержинскому) is a sculpture of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the first chairman of the Cheka, in Dzerzhinsky Park in the city of Ufa in Bashkortostan, Russia.^[1]

Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky

Location	Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia
Designer	Albert Seraphimovich Charkin
Material	Bronze
Height	3 meters
Opening date	1987
Dedicated to	Felix Dzerzhinsky

History

The statue was erected in Ufa in 1987 near the building of the Bashkir KGB (now - the building of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Bashkortostan) in the park behind the "Rodina" cinema. The sculptor of the monument was the Leningrad artist Albert Seraphimovich Charkin. The sculpture was cast at the Leningrad plant "Monumentskulptura". Simultaneously with the installation of the monument, a row of poplars were planted behind it.

The popular name of the monument is "With his back to the Motherland" because the monument is behind the "Rodina" ("Motherland") cinema and is turned away from it.

See also

• Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moscow