Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Soviet revolutionary and politician (1877–1926)

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky, nicknamed Iron Felix, was a Soviet 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…