As reported by the Cheka-OGPU, according to the notice of an electronic auction for procurement No. 0329200062223005836, it was planned to carry out work to preserve the cultural heritage site of federal significance “Monument to F.E. Dzerzhinsky”, located at the address: Volgograd, Traktorozavodskoy district, square named after. Dzerzhinsky”.
The contract price was RUB 14,090,088.31.
Local residents gossiped that they decided to repair the monument near the destroyed plant because Governor of the Volgograd region Bocharov moves past the “cultural heritage site” every day.
However, everything turned out as usual. The money was simply stolen. No one could distinguish the monument from what it looked like before the renovation.
Moreover, after repairs costing 14 million, the monument was covered with white smudges from the tile seams from the base of the monument.
“ВЧК ОГПУ”