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Chikhirin Fedor Stepanovich. 45(?) yrs. old born in the village Grinevka Kursk guberniia. After participating in the Russo-Japanese War, he stayed in Harbin where he worked as a cook. In 1910 on the ship Mongolia he came to Hawaii. He worked on plantations on Maui and Kauai. His reason for repatriation: "The work is very difficult; in Russia horses can't carry what a man does here." Top of Page