Dzerzhinsky Street
(Sadovaya Street until 1926)
The street appeared on the city plan back in the 18th century and was named Sadovaya. The street was surrounded by orchards of apple and cherry trees…
In 1926, Sadovaya Street was renamed into Dzerzhinsky Street, in honor of a member of the new Soviet government.
In 1926, Sadovaya Street was renamed into Dzerzhinsky Street, in honor of a member of the new Soviet government.
Felix Dzerzhinsky was born into the family of a minor nobleman in the eastern part of Poland. At the age of 19, he left the gymnasium to become a professional revolutionary. For twenty years, his life has been one of arrests, prisons, exile, and escapes. He was sentenced to death several times. After the October revolution, the Council of People’s Commissars, on Lenin’s recommendation, appointed Felix Edmundovich head of the All-Russian Emergency Commission for Combating Counterrevolution and Sabotage.
At Dzerzhinsky’s call on December 15, 1917, all local councils organized their own Cheka.
Dzerzhinsky initiated the fight against child homelessness. He organized a system of children’s institutions — orphanages, "communes" and children’s "towns". In these institutions, thousands of underprivileged children received medical care, education, nutrition, and most importantly, the opportunity for further self-realization.
At Dzerzhinsky’s call on December 15, 1917, all local councils organized their own Cheka.
Dzerzhinsky initiated the fight against child homelessness. He organized a system of children’s institutions — orphanages, "communes" and children’s "towns". In these institutions, thousands of underprivileged children received medical care, education, nutrition, and most importantly, the opportunity for further self-realization.
On the basis of the Dzerzhinsky commune, under the leadership of A. S. Makarenko, an enterprise was created where teenagers worked, creating one of the most modern cameras of that time called FED.
Dzerzhinsky said of the homeless labor commune: "You won’t believe it, but these dirty ones are my best friends. I find relaxation among them. How many talents would have died if we hadn’t picked them up! They need to be taught everything: to wash their faces, not to pull out of their pockets, and to love a book, but they can teach us social organization, courage, and self-control. What steadfastness, solidarity — they will never betray each other…"
On his initiative, DSO Dynamo was created. The founding meeting of the company was held on April 18, 1923. The best sports personnel from Moscow were brought in as coaches. The established sports society was rapidly expanding its activities. By 1926, the Dynamo sports society included more than 200 cells. And today Dynamo is one of the most popular sports societies.
Dzerzhinsky served as chairman of the commission for the development of measures to strengthen the protection of state borders, and prevented the export of many cultural treasures from Russia.
Felix Dzerzhinsky proved himself to be a talented head of railway transport. In 1921, the Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, M.I. Kalinin, signed a decree appointing him People’s Commissar of Railways, while retaining him as chairman of the Cheka and People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs.
In early January 1922, he traveled to Siberia to take emergency measures to export food to Moscow, Petrograd and the starving Volga region.
Martial law was imposed on Siberian railways.
On March 7, 1922, returning from Omsk to Moscow, Dzerzhinsky made a stop in Tyumen.
Information about the circumstances of the death of the "fiery revolutionary" varies. Modern historians claim that Dzerzhinsky defended the old revolutionaries who opposed the rising General Secretary of the CPSU, I.V. Stalin, for which he paid with his life.
As always after the death of famous Bolsheviks, Dzerzhinsky’s name was immortalized: in the names of five cities and two villages of the USSR, a series of freight steam locomotives "FD", the name of the FED camera, in countless squares, streets, collective farms, state farms, etc.
Tyumen is one of the few cities in Russia where Dzerzhinsky Street has been preserved. In Moscow in August 1991, in a new revolutionary impulse, a crowd demolished a monument to Dzerzhinsky, and a street named after him, a square, and a metro station were renamed. And in December 1998, the State Duma, by a majority vote, decided to restore the monument to Dzerzhinsky on Lubyanka Square.
Dzerzhinsky said of the homeless labor commune: "You won’t believe it, but these dirty ones are my best friends. I find relaxation among them. How many talents would have died if we hadn’t picked them up! They need to be taught everything: to wash their faces, not to pull out of their pockets, and to love a book, but they can teach us social organization, courage, and self-control. What steadfastness, solidarity — they will never betray each other…"
On his initiative, DSO Dynamo was created. The founding meeting of the company was held on April 18, 1923. The best sports personnel from Moscow were brought in as coaches. The established sports society was rapidly expanding its activities. By 1926, the Dynamo sports society included more than 200 cells. And today Dynamo is one of the most popular sports societies.
Dzerzhinsky served as chairman of the commission for the development of measures to strengthen the protection of state borders, and prevented the export of many cultural treasures from Russia.
Felix Dzerzhinsky proved himself to be a talented head of railway transport. In 1921, the Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, M.I. Kalinin, signed a decree appointing him People’s Commissar of Railways, while retaining him as chairman of the Cheka and People’s Commissar of Internal Affairs.
In early January 1922, he traveled to Siberia to take emergency measures to export food to Moscow, Petrograd and the starving Volga region.
Martial law was imposed on Siberian railways.
On March 7, 1922, returning from Omsk to Moscow, Dzerzhinsky made a stop in Tyumen.
Information about the circumstances of the death of the "fiery revolutionary" varies. Modern historians claim that Dzerzhinsky defended the old revolutionaries who opposed the rising General Secretary of the CPSU, I.V. Stalin, for which he paid with his life.
As always after the death of famous Bolsheviks, Dzerzhinsky’s name was immortalized: in the names of five cities and two villages of the USSR, a series of freight steam locomotives "FD", the name of the FED camera, in countless squares, streets, collective farms, state farms, etc.
Tyumen is one of the few cities in Russia where Dzerzhinsky Street has been preserved. In Moscow in August 1991, in a new revolutionary impulse, a crowd demolished a monument to Dzerzhinsky, and a street named after him, a square, and a metro station were renamed. And in December 1998, the State Duma, by a majority vote, decided to restore the monument to Dzerzhinsky on Lubyanka Square.
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