Biography
Efim Kolesnikov was born in Kursk, Russia. Immigrated to the United States in 1912.
A widower, Kolesnikov joined the Union of Russian Workers in New York in 1919. He was arrested and beaten during the first Palmer Raids on November 7, 1919, during the raid on the Russian People’s House in New York. Deported aboard the Buford on December 21, 1919.
Case
Ellis Island Immigration Station