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Famous people who are listed in the book, which in fact is a biographical dictionary, were
born in Russia, the USSR, the Russian Empire, or lived there. This is the first edition of this
kind in Russia and a large group of specialist from Russia, Israel and other countries
participated in the project.
There are many more well known people in Russia to be included in the next edition of the
book. We have to remember that the success of many of these people was achieved against all
odds related to limited opportunities that Jews had in Russia.
The translation is an attempt to inform people about this additional source available for
researchers.
Vitaly Charny
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
X Y Z
Bobruisk,
AGOL Izrail Iosifovich 1891 1936 Biology
Minsk
AGOL Vadim Izrailevich 1929 Moscow Medicine
Solomonovich Chechersk,
AGRANOV Yakov 1893 1938 Intelligence
(Saulovich) Gomel
Tbilisi,
AIZBERG Ilya Semionovich 1868 Odessa 1942 Music
Georgia
Timkovichi,
AIZENBERG Grigory Zakharovich 1904 1994 Moscow Engineering
Minsk
AIZENBERG Isaak Petrovich 1902 1968 Moscow Economy
AIZENBERG Mikhail Natanovich 1948 Moscow Author
AIZENBERG Nina Yevseevna 1902 Moscow 1974 Moscow Artist
Surname Given Patronymic Birth Birth place Death Death place Occupation aka (
name date date nam
AIZENBERG Yulian Borisovich 1931 Kiev Engineering
AIZENMAN Aleksey Semionovich 1918 Moscow Artist
Brestovichi, Uteny,
AIZENSHTADT Benemin 1838 1920 Rabbi
Vilna Lithuania
Nature
AIZENSHTADT Boris Abramovich 1913 Slutsk, Minsk
Scientist
AIZENSHTADT Isay Lvovich 1866 Vilna 1937 Paris Politics I.yud
AIZENSHTADT Liza Khaikelevna 1924 Leningrad Artist
Mira
AIZENSHTADT Mariam Solomonovna 1909 Kiev 1950 Journalism
Zhel
AIZENSHTADT Moisey Grigorevich 1870 1943 Paris Rabbi
AIZENSHTAT David 1890 1942 Warsaw Conductor
Rybinsk,
AIZENSHTAT David Samoilovich 1880 1947 Publisher
Yaroslavl
AIZENSHTEIN Semion Moiseevich 1884 Kiev 1962 Engineering
Elizavetgrad,
AIZENSHTOK Ieremiya Yakovlevich 1900 1980 Leningrad Literary Critic
Kherson
Dvinsk,
AIZERMAN Mark Aronovich 1913 Mathematician
Vitebsk
AIZIKOVICH Samuil Yakovlevich 1882 Vilna 1963 Moscow Archtect
Minsk
AIZIKSON Isroel 1851 1923 New York Rabbi
Gubernia
Detskoe
Nikolaev,
AIZMAN David Yakovlevich 1869 1922 Selo, Author
Kherson
Leningrad
Ushe
AKHAD GA-AM 1856 Skvira, Kiev 1927 Tel-Aviv Author (Ash
Gint
Aleksandr Cherikov,
AKHIEZER 1911 Physics
Ilich Mogilev
AKHIEZER Aleksandr Samoilovich 1929 Moscow Economy
Naum Cherikov,
AKHIEZER 1901 1980 Kharkov Mathematician
Ilich Mogilev
Dolgoe, Abb
AKHIMEIR Abba 1898 1962 Tel-Aviv Author
Minsk Geis
Hollywood,
AKHRON Iosif Yulevich 1886 Lodz 1943 Music
Ca
AKHRON Isidor Yulevich 1892 Warsaw 1948 New York Music
AKHSHARUMOVA Anna Markovna 1957 Moscow Chess
Samarkand, Tashkent,
AKILOV Yakhiel 1900 1972 Author
Central Asia Uzbekistan
AKIVIS Maks Aizikovich 1923 Novosibirsk Mathematician
Ilya
AKKORD Elias ? Mogilev 1811 Medicine
Sam
AKOSTA Yan'd ? ? Comedian Lako
AKSELROD Albert Yulevich 1934 Voronezh 1991 Moscow Medicine
AKSELROD Elena Meerovna 1932 Minsk Author
AKSELROD Gleb Borisovich 1923 Moscow Music
Dunilovichi,
AKSELROD Lyubov Isakovna 1868 1946 Revolutionary Orto
Vilna
Molodechno,
AKSELROD Meer Moiseevich 1902 1970 Moscow Artist
Minsk
AKSELROD Moisey Markovich 1897 Smolensk 1940 Eastern Stady
Bnei-Brak,
AKSELROD Natan 1905 Mogilev 1987 Producer
Israel
Chernigov Berlin,
AKSELROD Pavel Borisovich 1850 1928 Politics
Gubernia Germany
AKSELROD Zelik Moiseevich 1904 Minsk 1941 Minsk Author
AKSENFELD Avgust 1825 Odessa 1876 Paris Medicine
Nemirov,
AKSENFELD Isroel 1787 1866 Paris Author
Podolia
AKSENOV Vasily Pavlovich 1932 Kazan Author
AKTIN Rut 1900 Public Figure
AKTSIN Benyamin 1904 Riga 1985 Jerusalem Lawyer
ALBAK Khanokh 1890 1972 Rabbi
Bershad,
ALBERTON Meer Iosifovich 1900 1947 Chkalov Author
Podolia
ALBREKHT Vladimir Yanovich 1933 Moscow Dissident
Simon
ALBUM 1849 Tatsit, Kovno 1921 Chicago, Il Rabbi
Girsh
ALBURT Lev Osipovich 1946 Odessa Chess
Mar
ALDANOV Mark 1889 Kiev 1957 Nice, France Author Alek
Land
ALEK Sh. 1888 1956 Odessa Author
ALEKSANDROV Aleksandr Petrovich 1900 Orel 1946 Tallin Military
Zhitomir, Novosibirsk,
ALEKSANDROV Avraam Yakovlevich 1915 1983 Physics
Volyn Siberia
Given Birth Death a
Surname Patronymic Birth place Death place Occupation
name date date n
ALEKSANDROV Khaim 1869 St. Petersburg 1909 New York Author
ALEKSANDROV Moisey Aleksandrovich ? 1922 Moscow Politics
Borisov,
ALEKSANDROV Shmuel 1865 1941 Bobruisk Rabbi
Minsk
Cherkassy,
ALEKSANDROV Vladimir Yakovlevich 1906 Nature Science
Kiev
Birzhi,
ALEKSANDROVICH Mikhail Davydovich 1914 Singer
Kovno
Nezarinets, Christian
ALEKSEEV Aleksadr 1820 1895
Podolia Missionary
ALEKSEEV Aleksey Grigogevich 1887 St. Petersburg 1985 Moscow Comedian L
ALEKSEEV Georgy Alekseevich 1905 France 1989 Moscow Medicine
ALEKSIN Anatoliy Georgievich 1924 Moscow Author G
ALESHKOVSKY Yakov 1872 Moscow 1946 Tel-Aviv Zionist
Krasnoyarsk, I
ALESHKOVSKY Yuz 1929 Author
Siberia E
ALFEROV Zhores Ivanovich 1930 Physics
ALFES Bentsion 1850 Vilna 1940 Jerusalem Author A
ALIGER Margarita Iosifovna 1915 Odessa 1992 Moscow Author
Kobrin,
ALLON Gdaliya 1901 1950 Jerusalem History R
Grodno
Sobolevka,
ALMAN Shmuel 1877 1947 London, Uk Music S
Podolia
S
Buenos-
ALMI E. 1892 Warsaw 1963 Author E
Aires
K
ALMOG Ieguda 1896 Vilna (Near) 1972 Jerusalem Public Figure K
Iosef Grubeshov,
ALMOGI 1910 Politics K
Agaron Lublin
Riga,
ALOV Aleksandr Aleksandrovich 1923 Kharkov 1983 Cinematography L
Latvia
ALPERN Daniil Yevseevich 1894 Kharkov 1968 Kharkov Medicine
ALPEROVICH Moisey Samuilovich 1918 Moscow History
Gomel,
ALPEROVICH Yevgeny Markovich 1888 1938 Engineering
Mogilev
Lyantskorun, Mauricia,
ALPERSON Mordkhe 1867 1947 Author
Podolia Argentina
Slonim,
ALPERT Naum Pinkhosovich 1913 ? Usa Artist
Grodno
Kremenchug,
ALPIN Lev Moiseevich 1898 1986 Moscow Geophysics
Poltava
Petrograd (St.
ALSHITS Daniil Natanovich 1919 Author D
Petersburg)
Barabinsk,
ALSHITS Vladimir Iosifovich 1941 Physics
Siberia
ALSHVANG Arnold Aleksandrovich 1898 Kiev 1960 Moscow Music
Bodaibo,
ALTAUZEN Yakov Moiseevich 1907 1942 Kharkov Author J
Siberia
Ananev,
ALTER Lev Bentsianovich 1907 1968 Moscow Economy A
Kherson
ALTER Victor 1890 Mlava, Plotsk 1941 Kuibyshev Politics
ALTERMAN Grigory Yakovlevich 1888 Odessa 1958 Moscow Sculptor
ALTERZON Grigory Petrovich 1857 1912 Moscow Author A
ALTMAN Arye 1902 Balta, Podolia 1982 Politics
Orgeev,
ALTMAN Iogann Lvovich 1900 1955 Moscow Literary Critic
Bessarabia
Lipkany,
ALTMAN Moisey Elevich 1890 1975 Chernovtsy Author
Bessarabia
Vinnitsa,
ALTMAN Natan Isaevich 1889 1970 Leningrad Artist
Podolia
Ivangorod,
ALTMAN Peisi Izrailevich 1904 1941 Author
Kiev
ALTOV Genrikh Saulovich 1926 Baku Author Inventor A
ALTSHTEIN Anatoliy Davidovich 1935 Yalta, Crimea Medicine
I
ALTSHUL Iosif 1839 Vilna 1908 Grodna Kantor
S
Polotsk,
ALTSHULER Aleksandr Yakovlevich 1870 1950 Moscow Singer
Vitebsk
ALTSHULER Boris Lvovich 1904 Moscow Cinematography
ALTSHULER Boris Lvovich 1926 Moscow Archtect
Eliezer- Mariampol, Suvalki,
ALTSHULER 1844 1921 Public Figure
Mordkhe Suvalki Lithuania
Petrograd (St.
ALTSHULER Georgy Yakovlevich 1918 Engineering
Petersburg)
ALTSHULER Lev Vladimirovich 1913 Moscow Physics
Los-
ALTSHULER Modest Isaakovich 1873 Mogilev 1963 Angeles, Music M
Ca
ALTSHULER Semion Aleksandrovich 1911 Vitebsk 1983 Kazan Physics
Slonim,
ALUF Iegoshua 1900 1980 Israel Public Figure
Grodno
Given Birth Death
Surname Patronymic Birth place Death place Occupation
name date date
ALYANSKY Samuil Mironovich 1891 St. Petersburg 1974 Moscow Publisher
Moshe Porozovo,
AMIEL 1882 1945 Tel-Aviv Rabbi
Avigdor Grodno
AMINOAKH Nekhemya 1896 Zhitlin, Grodno 1966 Tel-Aviv Politics
Bukhara,
AMINOV Avragam 1854 1939 Jerusalem Zionist
Central Asia
Chashniki,
AN-SKY 1863 1920 Warsaw Author
Vitebsk
Rome,
AUER Misha 1905 St. Petersburg 1967 Movie Star
Italy
Avraam Tsfat,
AUERBAKH 1761? Khmelniki 1840 Tsadik
Dov-Ber Israel
Petakh-
Beltsi,
AUERBAKH Efraim 1892 1973 Tikva, Author
Bessarabia
Israel
AUERBAKH Elizaveta Borisovna 1912 Moscow Engineering
Khaim Ben
AUERBAKH Beg.19c.. Liss ? Rabbi
-Isaak
AUSLENDER Sergey Abramovich 1886 St. Petersburg 1943 Author
AVERBAKH Dzhakobo 1904 Kamenets ? Industrialist
AVERBAKH Ilya Aleksandrovich 1934 Leningrad 1986 Leningrad Cinematograp
AVERBAKH Leopold Leonidovich 1903 Saratov 1938 Literary Critic
Mariupol,
AVERBAKH Mikhail Iosifovich 1872 1944 Moscow Medicine
Ekaterinoslav
AVERBAKH Mikhail Mikhailovich 1925 Moscow Medicine
AVERBAKH Revekka Abramovna 1891 Kazan 1978 Moscow History
AVERBAKH Volf 1890 1936? Politics
AVERBAKH Yury Lvovich 1922 Kaluga Chess
AVIDA Ieguda Leib 1887 Plotsk 1962 Israel Rabbi
AVIDA Mordekhay 1909 Plotsk Diplomacy
AVIDAR Iosif 1906 Kremenets, Military
Volyn
AVIDAR-
Yamima 1909 Author
CHERNOVITS
AVIDOR Moshe 1906 Kiev Education
AVIDUV Yani 1891 1970 Israel Zionist
Ben
AVIGDOR ? 1771 Vilna Rabbi
Shmuel
Shneur Nikolaev,
AVIGDORI 1891 1960 Israel Medicine
Zalman Kherson
AVINOVITSKY Yakov Lazarevich 1897 1938 Moscow Military
AVITSUR Shmuel 1908 Baku Geography
AVNER Elimelekh 1897 1957 Israel Military
AVNI Aron 1906 Ekaterinoslav 1951 Israel Artist
AVNIEL Mordekhay 1900 Pinsk, Minsk ? Artist
AVNIMELEKH Moshe 1899 Warsaw 1971 Jerusalem Geology
AVNON Yaakov 1919 Vilna Diplomacy
AVRAAM DOB Khmelnik,
Of Ovrucha ? 1840 Rabbi
BER Podolia
AVRAAM-SIMKHA
Beg.19c. 1864 Tsadik
MSTISLAVSKY
Ben Iosif-
1nd Half
AVRAGAM Solomon Iz Author
19c..
Lutska
Kirsanov,
AVREKH Aron Yakovlevich 1915 1988 Moscow History
Tambov
Ben
AVROM-ABELE Aleksandr 1741 1810 Tveria Rabbi
Iz Kaliska
Ben
AVROM-ABELE Avrom- 1764 1836 Rabbi
Shloime
AVRUNIN Abragam 1869 1957 Philologist
Yampol,
AVRUSHCHENKO Vladimir Izrailevich 1908 1941 Piryatin Author
Podolia
AVRUTIK Avratam N. 1909 Kherson 1982 Usa Rabbi
Baryshevka,
AVRUTIS Khaim Avraamovich 1928 Artist
Kiev
Given Birth Death Death aka (othe
Surname Patronymic Birth place Occupation
name date date place name)
AVRUTSKY Grigory Yakovlevich 1924 Moscow 1993 Moscow Psychiatry
AVSHALOM Khaim 1890 1952 Israel Union Leader Fridman
Nyugdy,
AVSHAULOV Khizgil Davidovich 1913 Author
Caucasus
AYALON Tsvi 1911 Military Leshiner
AZADOVSKY Mark Konstantinovich 1888 Irkutsk, Siberia 1954 Leningrad Folklorist
AZANIYAKH Barukh 1905 Pinsk, Minsk Lawyer Eizensht
AZARIN Azariy Mikhailovich 1896 Moscow 1937 Moscow Performing Art Messerer
Shcherbinovka,
AZARKH Raisa Moiseevna 1897 1971 Moscow Medicine
Ekaterinoslav
AZARKH Yulia Semionovna 1929 Leningrad Linguistics
AZAROV Vsevolod Borisovich 1913 Odessa 1990 Leningrad Author
AZBEL Mark Yakovlevich 1932 Poltava Physics
Berlin, Revolutionary,
AZEF Evno Fishelevich 1869 Lyskov, Grodno 1918
Germany Police
Molchany
AZGUR Zair Isaakovich 1908 Sculptor
Vitebsk
Petrovichi,
AZIMOV Aizek 1920 1933 New York Author
Mogilev