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Felix Dzerzhinsky Feliks Dzierżyński Фе́ликс Дзержи́нский | |
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| Born | 11 September 1877 Ivyanets, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 July 1926 (aged 48) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) |
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (11 September 1877 – 20 July 1926) was a Bolshevik revolutionary. After the October Revolution, from 1917 until his death in 1926, he was appointed to lead the Cheka and its successor organizations to stop counterrevolutionary activity.[1]