Lubyanka Square in the early 1900s.

Lubyanka Square (Russian: Лубянская площадь) in Moscow is not far from Red Square. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Red Square ( Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous City square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most The name is first mentioned in 1480, when Ivan III settled many Novgorodians in the area. Ivan III Vasilevich (Иван III Васильевич ( 22 January 1440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow also known as Ivan the Great Veliky Novgorod (Вели́кий Но́вгород is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod They built the church of St Sophia, modelled after St Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, and called the area Lubyanka after Lubyanitsy district of their native city. The Cathedral of St Sophia (the Holy Wisdom of God) in the Kremlin (or Detinets in Novgorod the Great is the cathedral church of the Archbishop

Lubyanka Square is best known for Aleksandr V. Ivanov's monumental building from 1897–1898. It was originally used by the insurance company Rossiya, but it is more known for its later housing of the headquarters of the KGB in its various incarnations and today FSB. The Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters of the KGB and affiliated Prison on Lubyanka Square in Moscow. The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ( FSB) ( Russian: ФСБ Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Federalnaya The square was renamed Dzerzhinsky Square for many years (1926–1990) in honor of the founder of the Soviet security service, Felix Dzerzhinsky. Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky ( Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński, Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский Belarusian Yevgeny Vuchetich's monumental statue of Dzerzhinsky (nicknamed Iron Felix) was erected in the center of the square in 1958. Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (&ndash 12 April 1974) (Евгений Викторович Вучетич was a prominent sculptor and Artist

On October 30, 1990, the organization Memorial erected a monument to the victims of the Gulag, a simple stone from Solovki. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) "Memorial" ( Russian: Мемориал is an international historical and Civil rights society that operates in a number of post- USSR states The Gulag was the government agency that administered the penal labor camps of the Soviet Union. In 1991 the statue of Dzerzhinsky was removed, following the failure of the coup against Mikhail Gorbachev, and the square's original name was officially restored. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov;; born 2 March 1931 in Privolnoye Stavropol Krai) is a Russian politician

The Moscow Metro station Lubyanka is located under Lubyanka Square. The Moscow Metro (Московское метро which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used Rapid-transit Lubyanka (Лубя́нка is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, located under Lubyanka Square.