Bogorad Lev Yakovlevich (1924)

Bogorad Lev Yakovlevich (born 11 December 1924, Leningrad) – engineer.

Lev Bogorad was the son of Yakov Bogorad (b. 1896, Vitebsk Region – d. 1960, Riga) and Yevgenia Bogorad (née Kan) (b. 1901, Riga). In 1935, he moved with his parents to Kaluga. From 1940 to 1942, he studied at the Kaluga Technical College of Railway Transport. In 1941, he worked as a carpenter’s apprentice at the carriage section of Kaluga Station. In 1942, he served as a political officer on a combine harvester at the Zhulai MTS (Machine and Tractor Station) in Kochovsky District, Novosibirsk Region. From 1942 to 1948, he was a radio telegraphist on a submarine of the Pacific Fleet.

In 1948, Lev Bogorad moved to Riga and completed Year 10 at the Railway Secondary School in 1949. From 1949 to 1951, he studied at the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers in Leningrad. In 1954, he graduated from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute with a degree in civil engineering.

From 1954 to 1958, he worked as an engineer and senior engineer at the Riga Branch of the All-Union State Planning Institute “Teploelektroproyekt.” In 1958–59, he served as senior engineer of the production and technical department of the Mechanical Column of the “Sevzapelektrosetstroy” Trust in Riga. From 1959 to 1962, he led a team at the Riga Branch of “Teploelektroproyekt.” From 1962 to 1968, he worked as head of the construction team and head of the sector for design and experimental work at the “Energosetproyekt” Research Institute. Between 1968 and 1971, he was head of the Foundations and Substructures Department at the “Orgtekhstroy” Trust. From 1971 to approximately 1987, he served as chief specialist in foundations and substructures, and later as head and chief specialist of the Technical Department at the “Latgiproprom” Institute of the USSR State Construction Committee.

Lev Bogorad was awarded the medals “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” “For Victory over Japan,” “30 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” “30 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” and “40 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.” He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1946.

In his marriage to Eva Abramovna Bogorad (née Vernovskaya) (b. 1934, Vitebsk), two children were born: Yanina Filshchinskaya (née Bogorad) (b. 1961, Riga) and Aleksandr Bogorad (b. 1955, Riga).

Eva Abramovna Bogorad (née Vernovskaya) (b. 1934, Vitebsk) – wife
Yanina Filshchinskaya (née Bogorad) (b. 1961, Riga) – daughter
Aleksandr Bogorad (b. 1955, Riga) – son
Yakov Bogorad (1896–1960) – father
Yevgenia Bogorad (née Kan) (b. 1901, Riga) – mother