About the book: 1987 / The authors of this book are associates of F. E. Dzerzhinsky, employees who worked under his leadership, family members. In their essays and memoirs, he appears as a fiery revolutionary, an outstanding party and statesman, a fair and sensitive person, a caring husband and father, a loyal friend and comrade. The book (its first edition was published in 1977) has been supplemented with new materials, some of which are being published for the first time. Published at the request of bookselling organizations. Addressed to the general reader.