How Did the Soviet Security State Outlive the U.S.S.R.? Look to Dzerzhinsky for Clues. - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Recently, while scrolling through Central Asian circles on Facebook, I came across a slogan posted on someone’s profile: “The fact that you do not have a criminal record is not your merit, but our failure.” This quote, which was shared the way one might share an inspirational maxim, was attributed to Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the Cheka secret police and one of the principal architects of the Red Terror.

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