Felix Dzerzhinsky

Felix Dzerzhinsky was a Politician and Revolutionary born on September 11, 1877, in Vilna province . He held citizenship in the Russian Empire , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , and the Soviet Union . Dzerzhinsky was educated at Saint Petersburg State University .

He was known by various pseudonyms, such as Iron Felix , Franek , Astronomer , Yatsek , Yakub , Bookbinder , Domansky , and Jozef . His birth name was Felix Shchensny Dzerzhinsky .

Dzerzhinsky passed away on July 20, 1926, in Moscow . During his lifetime, he received the Order of the Red Banner and founded the FC Dynamo Moscow .

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks Dzierżyński [ˈfɛliɡz dʑɛrˈʐɨj̃skʲi];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.

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks Dzierżyński [ˈfɛliɡz dʑɛrˈʐɨj̃skʲi];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.