Felix Dzerzhinsky

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Felix Dzerzhinsky

Felix Dzerzhinsky AKA Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky

Born: 11-Sep-1877 [1]
Birthplace: Oshmyansky, Vilno, Russian Empire
Died: 20-Jul-1926
Location of death: Moscow, Russia
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government

Nationality: Russia
Executive summary: The Black Pope of Bolshevism

[1] Old Style, 30 August 1877. New Style, 11 September 1877.

Father: Edmund Dzerzhinsky (Polish nobleman)
Brother: Vladislav Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Sister: A. Edmundovna Bulhak
Wife: Sofia Sigizmundovna Dzerzhinskaya (b. 1890)
Son: Yan Dzerzhinsky (b. 1911)

Soviet Official Chairman, Supreme Soviet of National Economy (1924-26)
Member of the Soviet Politburo (1924-26)
Soviet Minister Interior (1921-24)
Soviet Minister Transport (1921-24)
Soviet Official Head of the Cheka, later the GPU (1917-26)
Subversion (1897)
Exiled to Siberia (1897)
Subversion (1900)
Exiled to Siberia (1900)
Insurrection arrested by the Okhrana (1905)
Subversion arrested by the Okhrana (1912)
Communist Party
Polish Ancestry

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