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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Date of birth | 11 September 1877
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Place of birth | Valozhyn District, Belarus
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Date of death | 20 July 1926
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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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