What is Felix Dzerzhinsky?
'''Felix Dzerzhinsky''' was the first leader of the Cheka, or the first Soviet state security organization.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The impact of Stalin's leadership in the USSR, 1924 - 1941|url=https://archive.org/details/aqahistoryasimpa0000unse|date=2008|publisher=Nelson Thornes|isbn=978-0-7487-8267-3|editor-last=Laver|editor-first=John|edition=Level: secondary AS], [1. ed.|series=AQA History - AS: Unit 2 / series ed.: Sally Waller|location=Cheltenham|editor-last2=Russell|editor-first2=David|editor-last3=Waller|editor-first3=Sally|editor-last4=Assessment and Qualifications Alliance}}</ref> He was a Polish aristocrat-turned-Communist. ==Reference== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzerzhinsky, Felix}} [[Category:1877 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]] [[Category:Soviet intelligence people]] {{bio-stub}}