Bayukaner Meer Leibovich (1889-1967)

Bayukaner Meer Leibovich (b. 1889, Chișinău – d. 1967, Riga) – electrician, technician.

Family Background

Meer Bayukaner’s father, Leib Meer-Ber Bayukaner (born in 1928, Chișinău) was a lifelong shop assistant at Sh. Grabais' private store in Chișinău. His mother, Malka Govshievna Bayukaner (born in 1923), was a seamstress.

Meer Bayukaner had five siblings:

      ◦ Gersh Leibovich Bayukaner (b. 1896) – went missing during WWII.

      ◦ Govshie Leibovich Bayukaner (b. 1885) – went missing during WWII.

      ◦ Isaak Leibovich Bayukaner (b. 1887) – resided in Israel since 1935.

      ◦ Genya Leibovna Bayukaner (b. 1894) – died in 1917, Chișinău.

      ◦ Manya Leibovna Bayukaner (b. 1898) – died in 1923, Chișinău.

In 1901 Meer Bayukaner completed primary school. In 1907–1910 he studied at Chișinău Vocational School, graduated as a locksmith-electrician.

In 1910–1913 Meer Bayukaner was an employee at Carpenter's private technical office, Chișinău, in1914–1917 – electrician at tram depots in Chișinău and Odesa, in 1918–1940 – worked as electrician and locksmith at various enterprises in Chișinău.

In 1931 Meer Bayukaner married Rosa Lvovna Sverdlik (b. 1902), an accountant.

War and post-war years

In June 1941 Meer Bayukaner with his wife was evacuated to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, there they both worked at a cotton factory. In 1946 he returned to Chișinău, then relocated to Chernivtsi, where he worked as a master of electrical installation at the Chernivtsi power plant.

In March 1951 Meer Bayukaner’s wife passed away from a heart attack.

In 1952–1953 Meer Bayukaner was a technical supervisor-electrician at a sawmill, in 1953–1954 – a supply manager at a secondary school and in 1954–1955 – a technical inspector at the Chimkent hydroelectric station, Chimkent.