Felix Dzerzhinsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Felix Dzerzhinsky

Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1877

Place of Birth: Dzerzhinovo, Minsk Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1926

Profession: politician, revolutionary

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Polish: Feliks Dzierzynski ['f?ligz d??r'??j~sk?i]; Russian: ??´???? ????´?????? ??????´?????; 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 government.
He was one of the architects of the Red Terror and Decossackization.