Wuhan was founded by a 'communist Russian' in 1927.
His name was Mikhail Borodin.
He was in America enough to marry his wife in Chicago in 1908.
>Borodin married Fanya Orluk, known as "Fanny", and originally from Vilnius, in Chicago in 1908.[61] He had two sons, Fred Borodin (Russian: Фёдор Михайлович Бородин) and Norman Borodin [ru], both of whom were American-born. Fred, who rose to the rank of colonel in the Red Army, died during the Second World War, whilst Norman went on to be a Soviet journalist.[62][63]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Borodin