Mikhail Yakovlev

AKA: Mike; Yakovleff
Released
Date of birth:1899
Era:1920s
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 14 Days
Support
Communism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Communist Party USA Socialist Party of America
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Biography

Mikhail Yakovlev was born about 1899 in Vologda, Russia. Immigrated to the United States in 1916.

Born c. 1899, Vologda, Russia. Migrated to US in 1916 (jumped ship from the SS Czar). Sailor. Joined the Russian Branch of the IWW in New York City, of which he became secretary, as well as the Socialist Party and then the Second Russian Branch of the Communist Party. Arrested January 8, 1920. Declared: “I am a revolutionist…I believe in overthrowing all capitalistic forms of government…I have nothing against deportation to Russia. I love my motherland. I left my relatives there and I am quite willing to go there.” Deported January 22, 1921 on the SS Stockholm.

INS file 54860/597

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

Case

Charges: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Industrial Workers of the World member) in the First Red Scare.
Arrested: Jan 8, 1920
Incarcerated: Jan 8, 1920
Released: Jan 22, 1921
In exile since: Jan 22, 1921
Sentence: Arrested on January 8, 1920 and deported on January 22, 1921. The source records no release on bail or bond, so custody pending deportation is recorded from arrest to sailing; if evidence of an interim release surfaces, the span should be shortened. Charges as recorded: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Industrial Workers of the World member) in the First Red Scare. Documented in Kenyon Zimmer’s Red Scare Deportees index, drawn from INS deportation files.

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