Bogod Grigory Yefimovich (1960)

Bogod Grigory Yefimovich (born 19 May 1960, Riga) – engineer.

Grigory Bogod was born into the family of engineer Yefim Izrailevich Bogod (b. 1936, Sebezh) and engineer-economist Eleonora Davidovna Leitman (née Leitman) (b. 1934, Polotsk, Belarus). He graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 22 (1977) and the Riga Polytechnic Institute (1982). From 1982 to 1988, he worked as a foreman at the Rīgas Tekstils Production Association, and from 1988 to 1989, he served as head of production at the “Hercules” cooperative.

In his marriage to Svetlana Yevgenyevna Bogod (née Bonver) (b. 1964, Kyiv), a daughter was born – Simona Grigoryevna Bogod (b. 1985, Riga).

In 1989, Grigory Bogod received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his wife’s aunt (her mother’s cousin), Klara Mikhailovna Kaplan (b. 1928, Kyiv), had been residing since 1981.

Yefim Izrailevich Bogod (b. 1936) – father
Eleonora Davidovna Leitman (née Leitman) (b. 1934) – mother
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Bogod (née Bonver) (b. 1964) – wife
Simona Grigoryevna Bogod (b. 1985) – daughter
Klara Mikhailovna Kaplan (b. 1928) – wife’s aunt (mother’s cousin)