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Dzerzhinsky

Dzerzhinsky proper noun: a surname from Russian; especially when referring to Felix Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the Cheka.

Proper noun

Dzerzhinsky

  1. A surname from Russian; especially when referring to Felix Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the Cheka.
    • Lenin also enumerates the faults of Trotsky, Pyatakov, Zinovyev, and Kamenev, and criticizes Bukharin for un-Marxist views. He blames Ordzhonikidze, Stalin, and Dzerzhinsky for Great Russian nationalism and the brutality of the methods used in the invasion of Georgia..1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

Origin of Dzerzhinsky

Borrowed from Russian Дзержинский (Dzeržinskij), from Polish Dzierżyński.

Questions about Dzerzhinsky

What does Dzerzhinsky mean?
Dzerzhinsky means a surname from Russian; especially when referring to Felix Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the Cheka.
What part of speech is Dzerzhinsky?
Dzerzhinsky is a proper noun.

Words near Dzerzhinsky in the dictionary

  1. dzeggetais
  2. Dzelme
  3. dzeren
  4. dzerens
  5. Dzerzhinsk
  6. Dzerzhinsky
  7. dzhalindite
  8. Dzhankoi
  9. Dzhankoj
  10. Dzhankoy
  11. dzharkenite

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