Vladimir Putin signed a decree on assigning the name of Felix Dzerzhinsky to the FSB Academy. This decision effectively returns the Soviet name, which it bore until the collapse of the USSR, to the main training ground for Russian intelligence personnel.
According to the document, Dzerzhinsky's name was given to the academy for Dzerzhinsky's "outstanding contribution to ensuring state security" and for the "merits of the personnel" of the institution.
The name in honor of Dzerzhinsky is not new for this educational institution.
From 1962-1992, the institution was called the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Higher School of the KGB. In 1992, during democratic reforms, the name of the symbol of Soviet repression was removed, and the school was transformed into the FSB Academy.
Journalist Farida Rustamova notes that this decree is probably the first instance where Putin officially gives a positive assessment of Dzerzhinsky's personality. Previously, the President of the Russian Federation only expressed regret over the demolition of the monument on Lubyanka in 1991 but avoided direct praise for the head of the Cheka.
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