Felix Dzerzhinsky

Felix Dzerzhinsky

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Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks Dzierżyński Russian: Фе́ликс Эдму́ндович Дзержи́нский; 11 September  [O.S. 30 August] 1877 – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and official. Born into Polish nobility, from 1917 until his death in 1926 Dzerzhinsky led the first two Soviet state-security organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU, establishing a secret police for the post-revolutionary Soviet regime. He was one of the architects of the Red Terror and decossackization.

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Felix Dzerzhinsky was born on Tuesday, 11 September 1877 in Valozhyn District, Belarus. He was best known as an activist. Dzerzhinsky's country of citizenship (nationality) was Russian. He died on Tuesday, 20 July 1926 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 48. He is buried at Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow, Moscow Federal City, Russia. Politically, he was affiliated with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. His religion is listed as Atheist. He had dark brown hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Virgo.

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Felix Dzerzhinsky is known for his role in the TV show Siberiade (1979) as Himself (pays his respects to Lenin).

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