Biography
Luka Kachanov was born in Gukovo, Russia. Immigrated to the United States in 1917.
Entered the United States in 1917 by jumping ship. He joined the Bristol, Connecticut branch of the Socialist Party of America and later became a member of the Union of Russian Workers in Hartford, Connecticut. Arrested in December 1919 and deported on the Buford on December 21.
The congressional digest of Buford deportation cases lists Luka Katchanov as arrested in Hartford, Connecticut on December 6, 1919. This is the digest’s immigration-arrest entry; it does not establish an uninterrupted period of detention.
Congressional hearings, April 21–24, 1920, Appendix B, printed p. 151.
Case
Ellis Island Immigration Station
