Vasily Andreyev (or Wasily Andreyeff)
Born: 1897, Petrograd, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Seaman; acrobat; actor
Migration: Immigrated to US 1915
Affiliation: Anarchist
Worked as a seaman between the ages of fifteen and nineteen before becoming a traveling acrobat and actor. In the United States he met Emma Goldman and maintained regular contact with her; also a vegetarian who opposed the killing of animals. Toured with the variety troupe “The Five Pandurs,” and his American employer reported that he actively disseminated socialist and anarchist literature and ideas while traveling on tour. Andreyev also belonged to the White Rats Actors’ Union of America (an AFL affiliate) and took part in its 1916–17 strike in New York City. He was arrested in Chicago in 1918 after federal agents traced issues of the Mother Earth Bulletin to him. After release on bail, he was deported on January 22, 1921.
Sources: FBI file OG 8000-133039; Harry Weinberger Papers, Yale University.
Anton Andronsyuk (or Andronsuk; Androusuk)
Born: 1893, Grodno Province, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1911
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
At the time of his arrest in November 1919, he served as financial secretary of the Buffalo branch of the Union of Russian Workers. Deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54709/137
Roman Andryuk (or Andriuk)
Born: 1893, Grodno Province, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Sailor (marine fireman)
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Joined the Union of Russian Workers in 1918. Arrested in New York during the Palmer Raids of November 1919, he voiced his support for the Soviet government during interrogation. He was deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54709/272
George Angulus (a.k.a. Charles Stern)
Born: c. 1888, Libau, Russia (present-day Liepāja, Latvia)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Latvian
Occupation: Carpenter
Migration: Immigrated to US 1909
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
A socialist in Russia prior to migrating to the United States; he joined Cleveland’s Lettish Branch No. 1 of the Socialist Party of America, which transferred into the Communist Party of America in 1919. Arrested twice—in December 1919 and again in March 1920—and deported to Soviet Russia on February 26, 1921.
Sources: INS file 54811/4
Antoniy Anisenya (or Anthony Anisienia)
Born: 1887, Sobolki, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation:
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Joined the Hartford, Connecticut branch of the Union of Russian Workers in 1919. Arrested in November of that year, he was deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919. Wife died in childbirth in Russia shortly after his emigration, and he was never reunited with this two children, who were raised by relatives.
Sources: INS file 54709/391; information provided by Katya Anisenya.
Ivan Anotsky (or Onotsky; Onotzky)
Born: 1893, Grodno Province, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Porter
Migration: Immigrated to US 1915
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Hoined Russian Branch No. 3 of the Socialist Party in Detroit around 1917, and transferred into the Communist Party of America at its founding in 1919. That same year he traveled to Pittsburgh to speak publicly against the anarchists of the Union of Russian Workers. Arrested in Detroit during the first Palmer Raids in January 1920, he was described by the city’s Review Committee of Citizens as educated, thrifty, hardworking, and of high intelligence. Deported to Russia on February 1, 1921.
Upon arrival, he reportedly volunteered to help suppress the Kronstadt mutiny, afterward became a commissar, and ultimately fell into disfavor. One account claims he became an alcoholic and “degenerate,” and was sentenced to death for embezzlement, but escaped to Poland.
Sources: INS file 54860/602; FBI file OG 386232; Delo Truda, December 1937-February 1938 (with thanks to Malcolm Archibald)
Fedor Antonchick (or Fred/Frederick)
Born: 1891, Grodno Province, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Longshoreman
Migration: Immigrated to Canada 1913; to US 1914
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Migrated surreptitiously to the United States from Canada in 1914, leaving behind a wife and child in Petrograd. He joined Local 895 of the International Longshoremen’s Association (AFL), and was likely also a member of the Communist Party of America. Arrested in New York on October 20, 1919, during an ILA strike while distributing multilingual Communist Party leaflets, he was arrested again in the November 11 Palmer Raids and once more on November 29 on charges of “criminal anarchy.” He stated that he was not an anarchist but welcomed deportation if he could be sent to rejoin his wife. Deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54709/94
Alexander Antonov (or Antonoff)
Born: c. 1896, Grodno Province, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to Canada 1913; to US 1916
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers; IWW
A member of the both the Union of Russian Workers and the IWW in Pittsburgh, he identified himself as an anarchist. Arrested in Pittsburgh on April 14, 1919, and deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54616/135
Vladimir Archuk (or Wladzimar Archiuk)
Born: 1888, Minsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to Canada 1913; to US 1916
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Served as a corporal in the Russian Army before emigrating to the United States. In 1919 he joined the Union of Russian Workers in Hartford, Connecticut. Arrested during the nationwide raids of November 1919, he was deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54709/375
