Fedor Proshkovich (a.k.a. Theodor)
Born: 1896, Minsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Machine operator
Migration: Immigrated to US 1912
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
Joined the Union of Russian Workers in New York around 1919. Arrested during the first Palmer Raids in November 1919 and deported on the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54709/364.
Tomas Prosk
Born: 1893, Kaluga, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Metalworker
Migration: Immigrated to US 1912
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers; IWW
Joined the New Haven branch of the Union of Russian Workers around 1918. Employed at the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven, he was fired for organizing for the IWW; although he denied IWW membership, evidence showed he paid dues and received literature. At work, when given instructions for paying his income tax, he also remarked, “F— the Government.” Arrested April 1919 after his employer reported him to authorities, and deported on the Buford December 21, 1919.
Sources: INS file 54616/156.
Anton Prushchuk (or Prushtshuk; a.k.a. Anthony Pruschuk; Tony)
Born: 1898, Brest-Litovsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers (alleged)
Immigrated to the United States in 1913 to avoid military service. Worked in Detroit and was probably a member of the Union of Russian Workers, though he denied it. An avowed pacifist, he was arrested in 1918 for failing to register for the draft and illegally inducted into the US Army. Court-martialed in June 1918 for refusing orders, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and confined at the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks and later Fort Douglas, Utah, until August 1919, when he was dishonorably discharged. Arrested again during the second Palmer Raids in November 1919 and deported to Poland January 22, 1921.
Arrested by the Soviet government due to his anarchism, he participated in a hunger strike in Petrograd’s House of Preliminary Detention in November 1922 and was force-fed through a catheter.
Sources: INS file 54709/510; FBI file OG 363519; International Committee for Political Prisoners, Letters from Russian Prisons.
Demian Pruss (or Bruss)
Born: 1895, Minsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Agricultural worker
Migration: Immigrated to US 1912
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Became a member of Philadelphia’s First Russian Branch of the Communist Party. Deported to Russia February 26, 1921.
Sources: INS file 54811/959.
Louis Purtikowsky (a.k.a. Purtik; Pyrtek)
Born: Biata, Russia (present-day Poland)
Nationality: Polish
Ethnicity: Polish
Occupation: Barber; laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation:
Reported to authorities by three US Army recruiters in Indianapolis who claimed he had voiced opposition to the US government and the war, expressed support for revolution, and allegedly said he would throw bombs rather than assist the government. Arrested September 1919. He denied all charges but stated he wished to return to Poland. Deported to Poland May 14, 1920.
Sources: INS file 54709/55.
Kazimir Radkovits (or Radkowicz; Radkovich; Radowiz; a.k.a. John Baron)
Born: c. 1884, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Autoworker
Migration: Immigrated to US 1903
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Joined the Socialist Party around 1910 and later Detroit’s Branch No. 1 of the Communist Party. Arrested January 1920 and deported to Russia February 26, 1921.
Sources: INS file 54859/659.
Pavel Rak (a.k.a. Paul; Rakand)
Born: 1889, Minsk, Russia (present-day Belarus)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Longshoreman
Migration: Immigrated to US 1914
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
In July 1918 he was illegally drafted into the US Army and, as a conscientious objector, sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment at Fort Douglas, Utah. After his release he joined the Communist Party in Detroit. Arrested during the second Palmer Raids in January 1920 and “voluntarily departed” sometime before February 1921.
Sources: FBI file OG 379972; INS file 54325/36G.
Ignaty Ramoroff (a.k.a. Tony Paros)
Born: 1899, Novozybkov, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Hotel housekeeper
Migration: Immigrated to US 1913
Affiliation: Anarchist
An individualist anarchist and Tolstoyan who did not belong to any organization. Arrested in Cleveland February 23, 1920 and deported to Russia March 18, 1921.
Sources: INS file 55009/20.
Michael Ransc
Born:
Nationality: Yugoslavian
Ethnicity:
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Migration:
Affiliation:
Deported to Yugoslavia as a radical June 19, 1920. No further information has been found.
Sources: INS file 54325/36G.
Albert Rasimavicius (a.k.a. Rasimo)
Born: 1899, Vabalninkas, Russia (present-day Lithuania)
Nationality: Russian
Ethnicity:
Occupation: Miner; student
Migration: Immigrated to US 1911
Affiliation: Communist Party of America
Worked as a coal miner from 1913 to 1918 and then attended Valparaiso University. A member of both the United Mine Workers and the Valparaiso branch of the Communist Party, he was arrested January 10, 1920, when a large quantity of revolutionary literature was found in his room. Deported to Russia March 18, 1921.
Sources: INS file 54860/712.
Yakim Ravavio (or Ravavoi)
Born: c.1885, Russia
Nationality: .
Ethnicity: .
Occupation: Laborer
Migration: Immigrated to US 1914
Affiliation: Union of Russian Workers
His wife remained in Russia when he emigrated. Joined the Union of Russian Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1919. Arrested December 12, 1919 and deported to Russia February 26, 1921.
Sources: INS file 54860/600.
