A c. 1918 photograph showing the Bolsheviks Jekabs Peterss and Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow. The latter was the head of Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police responsible for conducting the wave of repression and executions against thsoe deemed enemies of the state, a period known as 'The Red Terror.'
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Photographer, U. (2026, October 01). Peterss & Dzerzhinsky. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22225/peterss--dzerzhinsky/
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