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Wild Bill Shatoff Saga Ties Chicago Bum to Siberian Rail Project
An old West Madison Street character known as Wild Bill Shatoff, once a soap box orator and IWW advocate, is linked to the Siberian Turkiestan railroad project. Reports describe his rise from 1907 immigrant to director of the Siberian rail system and supervisor of far eastern transportation, praising his shift from agitator to railroad commander.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
Wild Bill" Shatoff
Far Eastern
Siberia
Vladimir Segerevich Shatoff
Turkestan
Wild Bill
Haywood
Hull House
Kiev
Russia
United States
Shatoff
America
Yudenich
Petrograd
Red Banner
Soviet Metal Trust
Far Eastern Republics
Siberan-Turkestan