Efim Kolesnikov

AKA: John Kolesnikoff; Joachim
Released
Date of birth:1880
Era:1910s
Time Imprisoned:
1 Month 14 Days
Support
Anarchism Union of Russian Workers
Efim Kolesnikov

Biography

Efim Kolesnikov was born 1880 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.

Adapted from Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees (kenyonzimmer.com), compiled from INS deportation case files.

Case

Ellis Island Immigration Station
Charges: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Union of Russian Workers member) in the First Red Scare.
Arrested: Nov 7, 1919
Incarcerated: Nov 7, 1919
Released: Dec 21, 1919
In exile since: Dec 21, 1919
Sentence: Held from arrest until the deportation sailed: deported to Soviet Russia aboard the Buford transport on December 21, 1919, with the detention (principally at Ellis Island) recorded as the custody span. Charges as recorded: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Union of Russian Workers member) in the First Red Scare. Documented in Kenyon Zimmer’s Red Scare Deportees index, drawn from INS deportation files.
Institution State: New York

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