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Originally Posted by klinton
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KGB "father" was poland guy (Dzerhinsky's father was of Jewish origin, and his mother was of Polish origin, according to official (soviet era)
nicknamed Iron Felix, was a Polish and Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet statesman. His party pseudonyms were Yatsek, Yakub, Pereplyotchik (meaning "bookbinder"), Franek, Astronom, Yuzef and Domanski.
He was a member of several revolutionary committees such as the Polish Revkom as well as several Russian and Soviet official positions. Dzerzhinsky is best known for establishing and developing the Soviet secret police forces, serving as their director from 1917 to 1926. Later he was a member of the Soviet government heading several commissariats, while being the chief of the Soviet secret police.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky