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[[Image:Felix Dzerzhinsky.jpg|right|thumb|Felix Dzerzhinsky]]
[[Image:Felix Dzerzhinsky.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Felix Dzerzhinsky]]
'''Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky''' ([[Polish]]: Feliks Dzierżyński, [[Russian language|Russian]]: '''Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский''') was the head of the [[Soviet]] first secret service, the [[Cheka]], from 1917-1922 and of the Cheka's successors, the [[GPU]] and the [[OGPU]], from 1922-1926.
'''Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky''' ([[Polish]]: Feliks Dzierżyński, [[Russian language|Russian]]: '''Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский''') was the head of the [[Soviet]] first secret service, the [[Cheka]], from 1917-1922 and of the Cheka's successors, the [[GPU]] and the [[OGPU]], from 1922-1926. Dzerzhinsky was also one of the lead architects of the policy of [[Decossackization]] as well as the [[Red Terror]].
==Early life==
He was born on September 11, 1917 in [[Belarus]] of [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry. He intended to be a [[Catholic]] [[priest]], but became involved with [[socialist]] movements. He was frequently imprisoned, and in 1917 he joined the [[Bolshevik]] party.
He was born on September 11, 1917 in [[Belarus]] of [[Poland|Polish]] ancestry. He intended to be a [[Catholic]] [[priest]], but became involved with [[socialist]] movements. He was frequently imprisoned, and in 1917 he joined the [[Bolshevik]] party.
==Soviet==
On [[December]] 20, 1917 [[Lenin]] appointed him the head of the newly established [[Cheka]]. Dzerzhinsky went on to be the head of an organization that murdered up to 500,000 "counter-revolutionaries". After the [[Cheka]] was integrated with the [[NKVD]], Dzerzhinsky headed its successors, the GPU and then the OGPU.
On [[December]] 20, 1917 [[Lenin]] appointed him the head of the newly established [[Cheka]]. Dzerzhinsky went on to be the head of an organization that murdered up to 500,000 "counter-revolutionaries". After the [[Cheka]] was integrated with the [[NKVD]], Dzerzhinsky headed its successors, the GPU and then the OGPU.
==Death==
He died on [[July]] 20, 1926 in [[Moscow]] of a heart attack. He was widely regarded as a sort of hero in the [[Soviet Union]], and there are numerous cities named after him in the former [[USSR]].
He died on [[July]] 20, 1926 in [[Moscow]] of a heart attack. He was widely regarded as a sort of hero in the [[Soviet Union]], and there are numerous cities named after him in the former [[USSR]].