Druy Semyon Meyeroich (1951)

Druy (Druj) Semyon (Semen) Meyeroich (born 20 April 1951, Riga) – engineer.

Semyon Druy was born into the family of electrical engineer Meyera Semenovich Druy (1911, Kraslava, Latvia) and teacher Meri Shmerkovna Druya (Zislin) (1924, Dvinsk, now Daugavpils, Latvia). He studied in Riga at Secondary School No. 15 (1958-1965), then at Secondary School No. 13 (1965-1966), graduated from Moscow Secondary Boarding School No. 18 (1967), and then Moscow State University (1967-1972). He worked as a senior engineer at LatINTI (1972-1973).

In 1974, Semyon Druy received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his aunt (his mother's cousin) – Resia Yankelevna Gelvan (Zislina) (1920, Kraslava), and since 1966 – his uncle (his father's brother) Druy Boris Semenovich (1918, Kraslava) had been living.

Meyer Semenovich Druy (1911) – father
Meri Shmerkovna Druy (Zislin) (1924) – mother
Alexander Meyeroich Druy (1954, Riga) – brother
Resia Yankevichna Gelvan (Zislina) (1920, Kraslava) – aunt
Boris Semenovich Druy (1918, Kraslava) – uncle