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Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński [ˈfɛliks ɛdmundɔvʲiʈ͡ʂ d͡ʑɛrʐɨj̃skʲi]; [a] 11 September [ O.S. 30 August] 1877 – 20 July 1926), nicknamed " Iron Felix ", was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Polish origin.
Jul 20, 1998 · Feliks Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Bolshevik leader and the head of the first Soviet secret police organization. Son of a Polish nobleman, Dzerzhinsky joined the Kaunas (Kovno) organization of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party in 1895.
Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877 – 1926), the first head of Soviet counter-intelligence, still triggers controversy among Russians. Many people consider him a national hero, while others hold...
Jan 20, 2019 · Key Takeaways. Felix Dzerzhinsky led the Cheka, Soviet Union’s first secret police. The Cheka was infamous for executing thousands during the Red Terror of 1918. The Cheka later became...
Mar 29, 2022 · Cheka leader Feliks Dzerzhinsky (whose statue stood outside KGB headquarters in Moscow until after the fall of the Soviet Union) proclaimed that “anyone who dares to spread the slightest rumor...
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński, Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский, Belarusian: Фелікс Эдмундавіч Дзяржынскі; 11 September [O.S. 30 August] 1877–July 20, 1926) was a Russian Communist revolutionary, infamous as the founder of the Bolshevik secret ...
May 8, 2018 · The Soviet politician Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926) participated in the Polish and Russian revolutionary movements. He was the organizer and first administrator of the Soviet internal security apparatus.
