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Felix Dzerzhinsky

1877 - 1926

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Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński [ˈfɛliks ɛdmundɔvʲiʈ͡ʂ d͡ʑɛrʐɨj̃skʲi]; 11 September [O.S. 30 August] 1877 – 20 July 1926), nicknamed Iron Felix (Russian: Железный Феликс), was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Polish origin. From 1917 until his death in 1926, he led the first two Soviet secret police organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU, establishing state security organs for the Bolshevik government. He was a key architect of the Red Terror and de-Cossackization. Born to a Polish family of noble descent in their Ozhyemblovo Estate (in 1881 named Dzerzhinovo), in Russian Poland, Dzerzhinsky embraced revolutionary politics from a young age, and was active in the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Dzerzhinsky is the 906th most popular politician (down from 681st in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Belarus and the 4th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Felix Dzerzhinsky is most famous for being the founder of the Cheka, the Soviet secret police.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Felix Dzerzhinsky ranks 906 out of 19,576. Before him are Lee Myung-bak, Gaius Octavius, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Darius II, Simon of Cyrene, and Justin I. After him are Arnulf of Carinthia, Alexandra of Denmark, Jugurtha, Enver Pasha, Mustafa IV, and Vytautas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Felix Dzerzhinsky ranks 5. Before him are Hermann Hesse, Muhammad Iqbal, Isadora Duncan, and Charles Glover Barkla. After him are Frederick Soddy, Francis William Aston, Wilhelm Frick, Joan Gamper, Heinrich Otto Wieland, James Jeans, and Frank Marshall. Among people deceased in 1926, Felix Dzerzhinsky ranks 9. Before him are Rainer Maria Rilke, Mehmed VI, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Emperor Taishō, Harry Houdini, and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes. After him are Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Camillo Golgi, Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, Symon Petliura, and Emil Kraepelin.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Felix Dzerzhinsky ranks 6 out of 368. Before him are Marc Chagall (1887), Shimon Peres (1923), Lev Vygotsky (1896), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), and Menachem Begin (1913). After him are Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Felix Dzerzhinsky ranks 4. Before him are Shimon Peres (1923), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), and Menachem Begin (1913). After him are Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Zalman Shazar (1889), Isser Harel (1912), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), and Mstislav I of Kiev (1076).

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