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Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский; Polish: Feliks Edmundowicz Dzierżyński [ˈfɛliks ɛdmundɔvʲiʈ͡ʂ d͡ʑɛrʐɨj̃skʲi]; [a] 11 September [O.S. 30 August] 1877 – 20 July 1926), nicknamed "Iron Felix", was a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Polish origin.
Dzerzhinsky was a Sverdlov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy. Development and design. The Sverdlov-class cruisers, Soviet ...
Dzerzhinsk aerial view. Dzerzhinsk (Russian: Дзержи́нск, IPA: [dzʲɪrˈʐɨnsk]) is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River, about 370 kilometers (230 mi) east of Moscow and 35 kilometers (22 mi) west of Nizhny Novgorod.
Stalingrad Tractor Plant in the 1930s Factory ruins in November 1942 Stalingrad Tractor Plant on a 1947 stamp. Until 1961, the plant was called the Stalingrad Tractor Plant named for F. Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Сталинградский тракторный завод им. Ф. Э. Дзержинского, Stalingradski traktorni zavod im. F.E. Dzerzhinskogo, or СТЗ, STZ).
Dzerzhinsky District (disambiguation), name of several districts in the countries of the former Soviet Union; Dzerzhinsky (inhabited locality) (Dzerzhinskaya, Dzerzhinskoye), name of several inhabited localities in Russia; Dzerzhinski, the former name of Aygevan, a village in Armenia; Dzerzhinskoe, the former name of Besagash, a village in ...
The Monument to Felix Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Памятник Дзержинскому, romanized: Pamyatnik Dzerzhinskomu), also known by the nickname Iron Felix (Russian: Железный Феликс, romanized: Zheleznyy Feliks), commemorates Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Bolshevik revolutionary and head of the first two Soviet state-security secret police organizations, the Cheka and ...
The Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment's major task was the protection of the SED, especially its buildings in the capital of East Berlin, and from 1960 providing security for the party leaders' private residential compound, Waldsiedlung, [5] located 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Berlin near Wandlitz.
Ivan Ivanovich Dzerzhinsky (Russian: Иван Иванович Дзержинский) (April 9, 1909 – January 18, 1978) was a Soviet composer. The work for which he best known, his opera Quiet Flows the Don [ ru ] , was more successful for its political potential than for any musical distinction.