United Congress of Russian Emigrants in America

The Joint Congress of Russian Emigrants in America is a public event of the left forces of the Russian diaspora in the USA . The first congress was held in early 1918 in New York , marking the beginning of the movement of the so-called "Revolutionary legions", which was especially intensified during the Civil War and foreign military intervention in Russia .

According to official figures, about 1 million immigrants from Russia submitted applications to the American authorities asking for permission to leave for Russia. In January 1919, the II Congress of the Russian colony in the United States and Canada was held, in which delegates from more than 40 thousand immigrants from Russia “standing on the basis of the class struggle and the social revolution and recognizing the power of the Soviets ” took part (all in the USA and Canada In 1917, there were about 3 million people from the Russian Empire ). At the congress, the possibilities of re-emigrating to Soviet Russia were discussed.

It was decided to organize schools for drivers, locksmiths, mechanics, land surveyors and other specialties to provide all possible assistance to Soviet Russia.

The movement of "revolutionary legions" merged in 1919 with other initiatives to help the economic revival of the "first proletarian state and led to the creation of the Society for Technical Assistance to Russia .