Krachie to Krutz

Pavel Krachie (Павел Крачий; Paul; Pawel; Krechin; Kreczin; Krachin)

Born 1891, Saratov, Russia. Served in Russian Army in the Caucuses. Laborer. Migrated to US 1913. Wife in Russia. Joined the Union of Russian Workers circa 1915. Employee of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio Arrested December, 1917 for attempting to organize a strike of rubber workers; released on bail. Deported January 22, 1921.

INS file 54235/158

Tikon Krasnov (Тихон Краснов; Tehon Krassnoff; Klassnoff; Rasnoff)

Born 1888, Kiev, Russia. Carpenter; miner. Migrated to US 1913. Wife and three children in Russia. Joined the Philadelphia branch of the Union of Russian Workers, then in November 1919 organized an eight-member branch of the URW in Barracksville, West Virginia, at Jamieson Coal and Coke Company mine no. 7. Arrested December 2, 1919 “in possession of a considerable amount of anarchistic literature.” Deported on the Buford.

INS file 54709/625; FBI file OG 389365

Faras Kravchuk

Born Komarów, Russia (present-day Poland), 1894. Migrated to Canada 1914, then to US 1916. Factory worker. 1919 joined the Socialist Party, then Detroit’s Russian Branch No. 4 of the Communist Party. Arrested January 1920. Deported to Russia, March 18, 1921.

INS file 54859/972

Peter Krawchuk

Born 1885, Russia. Migrated to Canada 1912 or 1913; then US 1916; then Canada 1917; then US 1918. Wife and child in Russia. Joined IWW branch 517, Spokane, WA in 1919. Arrested January 4, 1920 at Detroit Communist Party’s House of the Masses and answered “Yes” when asked if he believed in the doctrines of the Communist Party of America. Held at Fort Wayne. Deported March 18, 1921.

INS file 54860/27

Natale Krilete (aka Boso)

Deported June 29, 1920 to Austria. No further information found.

Included on list of deported radicals in INS file 54325/36G

Alexander Krishtal (Алексей Кришталь; Aleksey Krischtall; Kryshtal; Kryshtall)

Born 1893, Minsk, Russia (present-day Belarus). Migrated to US 1907. Anarchist. Deported to Russia February 26, 1921.

Refused entry on the basis of his anarchism at Libau, along with several other deportees. Coauthored “An Open Letter to the Russian Premier Lenin” in response. Returned to US; resided in anarchist colony in Mohegan, New York, at least into the 1940s. Died 1961 in Lindenhurst, New York.

See: Free Society (New York), October-November 1921; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1002&h=16771122&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=SAX481&_phstart=successSource; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61668&h=464921&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=SAX481&_phstart=successSource

Felip Krishtepowich

Deported to Russia October 16, 1920. No further information found.

Included on list of deported radicals in INS file 54325/36G

Teodor Krishtop (Теодор Криштоп; Theodore; Krishtiop)

Born 1885, Chernihiv, Russia (present-day Ukraine). Miner. Migrated to US 1914. Wife and two children in Russia. Employee of the Jamieson Coal and Coke Company mine no. 9 in Farmington, West Virginia. Member of the Union of Russian Workers and of the United Mine Workers. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids, November 1919. Described as being “of a surly, non-communicative disposition.” Deported on the Buford.

INS file 54709/598

Maxim Kruk (Максим Крук; Max; Kroock)

Born 1881, Volhynia, Russia (present-day Ukraine). Migrated to US 1911. Laborer. Worked at Detroit’s Studebaker Plant No. 3. 1911 joined Ukrainian Branch No. 1 of the Socialist Party in Detroit, which in 1919 became Ukrainian Branch No. 22 of the Communist Party of America. Arrested during the second Palmer Raids, January 1920. Held at Fort Wayne. “Voluntary departure” to Russia (via Canada) October 14, 1920.

INS file File 54859/778; FBI file BS 202600-714-1

Pavel Krupka (Павел Крупка; Paul; Krupkie; Krupkic)

Born 1893, Grodno, Russia (present-day Belarus). Laborer. Migrated to US 1914. Employee at Republic Rubber Company. Joined the Union of Russian Workers in Youngstown, Ohio, 1919. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids, November 1919. Deported on the Buford.

INS file 54709/195

John Krutz

Born Kyiv, Russia (present-day Ukraine), 1888. Migrated to Canada 1914, then to US 1918. Laborer employed by Ford Motor Company in Dearborn. Wife and three children in Russia. Joined the Socialist Party around 1918, then transferred into Detroit’s Russian Branch No. 3 of the Communist Party. Arrested January 4, 1920; deported March 18, 1921.

INS file 54859/962

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