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Felix Dzerzhinsky Feliks Dzierżyński Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский | |
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Born | 11 September 1877 Ivyanets, Russian Empire |
Died | Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Polish |
Political party | All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) |
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary and head of the Cheka. After the October Revolution, he was appointed to lead the Cheka to stop counterrevolutionary activity.[1]