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    How did "Iron Felix" get this nickname and who is he?

    Question #71932. Asked by skysmom65. (Nov 01 06 7:22 AM)


    battrivkev74

    		It's Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky the Polish commie revolutionary...not sure on the how though

    Nov 01 06, 7:43 AM
    Krammar

    		He organize rthe manufacturing of the pinwheel calculator.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Edmundovich_Dzerzhinsky

    Nov 01 06, 7:47 AM
    skysmom65

    		This was the answer I was looking for as to how he got the name:
    In March, 1917, he was released (although Pravda usually asserts that he escaped, and indeed the facts are uncertain), along with many others, from the jail he had been imprisoned in since 1912. His first act was to join the Bolshevik Party. His honest and incorruptible character, combined with his complete devotion to the cause, gained him swift recognition and the nickname Iron Felix.



    Nov 01 06, 3:39 PM
    bloomsby

    		It should be added that Dzerzhinksy is best known as the man that founded the Soviet secret police, the Cheka, later absorbed into the GPU.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky

    Nov 05 06, 7:58 PM

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