Isaac Folkoff
American communist
About Isaac Folkoff
Lived 1881 – 1975 (aged 93–94).
Isaac "Pop" Folkoff (also known as "Volkov", "Folconoff", and "Uncle"; 1881 – March 27, 1975), was a senior founding member of the Communist Party of California and West Coast liaison between Soviet intelligence and the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).
Biography Folkoff was born in 1881, in Ludza. In 1904, he arrived San Francisco, where he ran an embroidery business.
He helped found the California Communist Party and had gone as a delegate for the founding of the Communist International ("Comintern") in Moscow in 1919. May 18, 1945: "According to information from Uncle..."
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American communist
When was Isaac Folkoff born?
Isaac Folkoff was born in 1881.
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Isaac Folkoff died in 1975.
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