The FED is so named after the initials of Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, represented here by this statue. Dzerzhinsky founded the Russian secret police under Stalin, the service ultimately metamorphasized into the famed KGB outside whose headquarters this statue was erected, but now resides in the garden of fallen monuments in Moscow. It seemed appropriate that the FED should photograph this statue.
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The Kremlin and St Basils, Moscow - 11:30 mid July 2003. Originally a wooden barricaded town in its own right, the Kremlin now acts as the seat of Government, in the centre of Moscow. The FED was placed on a widow ledge, as the tripod mount is non standard, B setting for about 2 sec. |
