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Feliks Dzierżyński
1877 – 1926
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryFelix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, nicknamed Iron Felix, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and politician of Polish origin. From 1917 until his death in 1926, he led the first three Soviet secret police organizations—the Cheka, the GPU and the OGPU—establishing state security organs for the new Soviet government.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 30, 1877
Dzerzhinovo
Date of death
July 20, 1926
Moscow
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
politicianrevolutionarycommunist
Awards & honours
Order of the Red BannerHonorary Worker of the VChK–GPU (V)
- Field and occupation
- zakladatel a velitel ruské Čeky
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