The revolutionary Mikhail Frunze has a special connection with Ivanovo as he was involved in the 72-day strike in Ivanovo-Voznesensk in 1905 and a member of its soviet. After the 1917 Revolution Frunze served as the first chairman of the Ivanovo-Voznesensk governorate committee of the Communist Party and became one of the most senior Soviet military leaders. This monument to him was unveiled in 1957.