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=== Post-KGB === After the dissolution of the KGB in 1991, the Lubyanka became the headquarters of the [[Border Guard Service of Russia]], as well as the Lubyanka prison, and is one directorate of the [[Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation]] (FSB). A museum of the KGB (now called Историко-демонстрационный зал ФСБ России, Historical Demonstration hall of the Russian FSB) was opened to the public. In 1990, an employee of the Lubyanka, Katya Mayorova, became Miss KGB, the first official "security services beauty title".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Remnick|first=David|date=1990-10-31|title=Miss KGB Images of the Past|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1990/10/31/miss-kgb-images-of-the-past/6641d39d-ad5a-43d3-a781-15ac8413a4d2/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> In 1990, the [[Solovetsky Stone]] was erected across from the Lubyanka, to commemorate the victims of political repression. In August 1991, the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky was dismantled and removed from the center of the Lubyanka Square.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> That same year, Western visitors were allowed to tour the building's prison for the first time.<ref name=":2" /> [[File:RR5111-0477R.png|thumb|The Lubyanka on a Russian commemorative coin, 2022.]] Remains of [[Adolf Hitler]], as well as those of [[Joseph Goebbels|Joseph]] and [[Magda Goebbels]], were presented at the Lubyanka in a 2004 documentary.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=Death in the Bunker: The True Story of Hitler's Downfall|date=2004|last=Kloft|first=Michael|type=television production|publisher=[[Spiegel TV]]|time=1:16}}</ref> Hitler's personal [[Golden Party Badge]], which was discovered by the Red Army after the [[Battle of Berlin|capture of Berlin]], was stored in the Lubyanka. The badge was stolen in 2005, when guards thought a cat had set off the alarms, allowing the burglar to escape.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Page |first1=Jeremy |last2=Vinogradova |first2=Luba |title=Trophy hunter steals Hitler badge |date=19 November 2005 |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/trophy-hunter-steals-hitler-badge-50v6qc0pz0k |access-date=14 July 2022 |work=[[The Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 2015, the Lubyanka's front door was set on fire by [[Pyotr Pavlensky]], a performance artist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34764044|title=Russian activist sets FSB door on fire|date=2015-11-09|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-04|language=en-GB}}</ref> He was released from jail six months later.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mills|first=Laura|date=2016-06-08|title=Provocative Russian 'Political Artist' Freed by Moscow Court|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/provocative-russian-political-artist-freed-by-moscow-court-1465389865|access-date=2020-08-09|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In 2017, a huge church was consecrated next to the Lubyanka building on the grounds of the [[Sretensky Monastery]]. The church is dedicated to the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church]], including those who were executed at Lubyanka. In December 2019, a shooting took place around the Lubyanka.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-12-19|title=Deadly shooting at Moscow security HQ|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50858949|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref>
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