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2006-05-27 Europe

Belarus Unveils Monument to 'Iron Felix'

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Posted by Steve White 2006-05-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The first Soviet secret police, maybe, but hardly the first in Russia.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-05-27 00:46|| 2006-05-27 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 So that's why Belarus is so strange. With Felix as a hero...

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-27 01:12|| 2006-05-27 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 My old Soviet History professor told a story about a statue of Dzerzhinsky which supposedly stands (or at least once stood) in Warsaw:

An American scholar, in Warsaw researching Polish archives, walked past it every day, and every day he noticed there were fresh flowers laid at the feet of the statue. He finally asks one of his Polish hosts why this is. He is told, "Dzerzhinsky was a Pole, and no Pole ever killed more Russians."

Posted by Mike 2006-05-27 07:18|| 2006-05-27 07:18|| Front Page Top

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