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Pavel Konavalchuk

AKA: Paul
Released
Date of birth:1894
Gender:Male
Era:1920s
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 1 Month 23 Days
Support
Anarchism Union of Russian Workers Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Pavel Konavalchuk was born 1894 in Russia. Immigrated to the United States in 1911.

A member of the Union of Russian Workers in Newark until the organization was broken up in November 1919. Arrested in Newark on January 3, 1920, he openly identified as an anarchist but stated his opposition to violence. Despite having a wife and American-born child in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was deported to Russia on February 26, 1921.

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

Case

Arrested: Jan 3, 1920
Incarcerated: Jan 3, 1920
Released: Feb 26, 1921
In exile since: Feb 26, 1921
Sentence: Arrested on January 3, 1920, and deported to Russia on February 26, 1921. Source: Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees, Pavel Konavalchuk, INS file 54860/164.