Pavel Krachie (a.k.a. Paul; Kreczin)
Born: 1891, Saratov, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Served in the Russian Army in the Caucasus before emigrating.
In the United States he worked for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio, and joined the Union of Russian Workers around 1915. Arrested in December 1917 for attempting to organize a strike of rubber workers and released on bail. Deported on January 22, 1921. His wife remained in Russia.
Sources: INS file 54235/158.
Tikon Krasnov (a.k.a. Tehon Krassnoff)
Born: 1888, Kiev, Russia (present-day Ukraine)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Occupation: Carpenter; miner
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Joined the Philadelphia branch of the Union of Russian Workers and in November 1919 organized an eight-member URW branch 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,” he was deported aboard the Buford on December 21. His wife and three children remained in Russia.
Sources: INS file 54709/625; FBI file OG 389365.
Faras Kravchuk
Born: 1894, Komarów, Russia (present-day Poland)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Polish
Occupation: Factory worker
Migration: Migrated to Canada 1914; then to US 1916
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Joined the Socialist Party in 1919 and later became a member of Detroit’s Russian Branch No. 4 of the Communist Party. Arrested in January 1920, he was deported to Russia on March 18, 1921.
Sources: INS file 54859/972.
Peter Krawchuk
Born: 1885, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Migrated to Canada 1912 or 1913; immigrated to US 1916; returned to Canada 1917; reentered US 1918
Affiliation: Industrial Workers of the World; Communist Party of America
Joined IWW Branch no. 517 in Spokane in 1919. Arrested January 4, 1920 at the Detroit Communist Party’s House of the Masses, he answered “Yes” when asked whether he believed in Communist Party doctrine. Held at Fort Wayne, he was deported March 18, 1921. His wife and child remained in Russia.
Sources: INS file 54860/27.
Natale Krilete (a.k.a. Boso)
Born: Austria-Hungary
Nationality: Austrian
Ethnicity:
Occupation:
Migration: Immigrated to US year unknown
Affiliation:
Deported as a radical to Austria on June 29, 1920. No further information has been located.
Sources: Included on list of deported radicals in INS file 54325/36G.
Alexander Krishtal (a.k.a. Aleksey Kryshtall)
Born: 1893, Minsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation:
Migration: Immigrated to US 1907
Affiliation: Anarchist
Deported to Russia on February 26, 1921 but was refused entry at Libau, along with several other deportees, because of his anarchist beliefs. In response, he coauthored “An Open Letter to the Russian Premier Lenin.”
He later returned to the United States and lived in the anarchist colony at Mohegan, New York, into at least the 1940s. He died in Lindenhurst, New York, in 1961.
Sources: Free Society (New York), Oct.–Nov. 1921; Ancestry.com.
Felip Krishtepowich
Born: Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation:
Migration: Immigrated to US year unknown
Affiliation:
Deported as a radical to Russia on October 16, 1920. No further information has been located.
Sources: INS file 54325/36G.
Teodor Krishtop (a.k.a. Theodore Krishtiop)
Born: 1885, Chernihiv, Russia (present-day Ukraine)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Occupation: Miner
Migration: Immigrated to US 1914
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Worked at Jamieson Coal and Coke Company Mine No. 9 in Farmington, West Virginia. He joined both the Union of Russian Workers and the United Mine Workers. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids in November 1919, he was described as being “of a surly, non-communicative disposition” and deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919. His wife and two children remained in Russia.
Sources: INS file 54709/598.
Maxim Kruk (a.k.a. Max Kroock)
Born: 1881, Volhynia, Russia (present-day Ukraine)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1911
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Worked at Detroit’s Studebaker Plant No. 3. Joined Ukrainian Branch No. 1 of the Socialist Party in Detroit in 1911, which in 1919 became Ukrainian Branch No. 22 of the Communist Party of America. Arrested during the second Palmer Raids in January 1920 and held at Fort Wayne, he “voluntarily departed” for Russia via Canada on October 14, 1920.
Sources: INS file 54859/778; FBI file BS 202600-714-1.
Pavel Krupka (a.k.a. Paul Krupkie; Krupkic)
Born: 1893, Grodno, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Belarusian
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1914
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Worked for the Republic Rubber Company and joined the Union of Russian Workers in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1919. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids in November 1919, he was deported aboard the Buford on December 21 of that year.
Sources: INS file 54709/195.
John Krutz
Born: 1888, Kyiv, Russia (present-day Ukraine)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity: Ukrainian
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Migrated to Canada 1914; then to US 1918
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Worked for the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn. He joined the Socialist Party around 1918 and later transferred to Detroit’s Russian Branch No. 3 of the Communist Party. Arrested January 4, 1920, he was deported March 18, 1921. His wife and three children remained in Russia.
Sources: INS file 54859/962.
