MOSCOW - To many, the tall statue of Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the Cheka secret police, was a symbol of bloody Soviet repression, and the moment when it was pulled down from its pedestal outside KGB headquarters in August 1991 was an iconic image of the regime's demise.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: ‘Iron Feliks’ inching back to old KGB headquarters
A crowd watches the statue of KGB founder Felix Dzerzhinsky being toppled, on Aug. 22, 1991 on Loubianskaya square in Moscow.
