Sofia Dzerzhinskaya
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Sofia Sigizmundovna Dzerzhinskaya born Muszkat (1882, Warsaw
- 1968) was a Polish
Social Democrat and later Communist politician. She was married to Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1910 and gave birth to their first son Janek in Pawiak
prison. From 1920 she lived in the Soviet Union
, in Moscow.
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
- 1968) was a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Social Democrat and later Communist politician. She was married to Felix Dzerzhinsky in 1910 and gave birth to their first son Janek in Pawiak
Pawiak
Pawiak was a prison built in 1835 in Warsaw, Poland.During the January 1863 Uprising, it served as a transfer camp for Poles sentenced by Imperial Russia to deportation to Siberia....
prison. From 1920 she lived in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, in Moscow.
Source
- Robert Blobaum: Feliks Dzierzynsky and the SDKPiL: A study of the origins of Polish Communism (1984). ISBN 0880330465