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Felix Dzerzhinsky
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Felix 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 organ
Portrait by Moisey Nappelbaum [ru], 1919
Portrait by Moisey Nappelbaum [ru], 1919
Dzerzhinsky (left) with his fiancée Julia Goldman and her brother Mikhail Liber, 1904
Dzerzhinsky (left) with his fiancée Julia Goldman and her brother Mikhail Liber, 1904
Dzerzhinsky pictured with wife Sofia and son Janek in Lugano (Switzerland), October 1918
Dzerzhinsky pictured with wife Sofia and son Janek in Lugano (Switzerland), October 1918
Dzerzhinsky at Oryol Prison, 1914
Dzerzhinsky at Oryol Prison, 1914
Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moscow
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The Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky, also known by the nickname Iron Felix, commemorates Felix Dzerzhinsky, Bolshevik revolutionary and head of the first two Soviet state-security secret police organiza
Felix Dzerzhinsky
…in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. He was remembered by secret police agents (known as "Chekists" throughout the Soviet era) as a hero of the revolution. A large statue of him stood in front of the security service headquarters at Moscow's Lubyanka Building until 1991. He also became a prominent symbol of repression and…
The monument in 1991 in its original location in front of the Lubyanka Building
The monument in 1991 in its original location in front of the Lubyanka Building