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The Resume

    (September 11, 1876-July 20, 1926)
    Birth name was Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskiy
    Expelled from school for spouting communist propaganda
    Spent most of his early life in prison and in Siberia
    Freed from the jail in Moscow (1917)
    Joined the Bolshevik Party
    Head of the Cheka, Russia's secret police and its successor organizations
    Minister of the Interior (1921-1924)
    Member of the Politburo (1924-1926)
    Died of a heart attack at 49
    Born into a wealthy Polish family

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a zealous communist.
    His security apparatus was vicious in its suppression of the opposition during the Russian Civil War and afterwards.
    He was born into a rich family but joined a party that discriminated against the upper class.
    The full English name of the Cheka was 'All Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-revolution and Sabotage.'
    His last name is hard to pronounce.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was honest and incorruptible.
    There were six towns, numerous institutions and locations, named after him.
    It is often said that he was not ambitious.
    His statue was toppled by a crowd of people after the fall of the Soviet Union (1991).

Credit: Wang


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 183 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 78 Votes: 60.26% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 60.78% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 78.72% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 73.47% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 109 Votes: 72.48% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 224 Votes: 68.30% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 317 Votes: 70.03% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 166 Votes: 76.51% Annoying