Furman Abram Azikovich (1905)

Furman (Fuhrmann) Abram Azikovich (14 May 1905, Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytsky region) — manager and production administrator.

Abram Furman was the son of tailor Aizik Furman (1871 — 1942, Saint Petersburg) and Maryam-Rivka Furman (1873, Kamianets-Podilskyi region — 1929, Kyiv). From 1912 to 1917 he studied in a cheder. After the Revolution he entered a gymnasium but in 1920 was forced to leave school because of the family’s difficult financial circumstances and begin working.

With the arrival of the Red Army, he voluntarily joined its ranks and from 1920 to 1922 served with the headquarters of the 131st Rifle Brigade of the 44th Division. In 1922 he was discharged as underage and returned to Starokostiantyniv.

From 1922 to 1924 he worked as an electrician at a mill in the village of Kumyny, Khmelnytsky region. In 1925–1926 he was a warehouse clerk at the “Arsenal” factory in Kyiv. From 1926 to 1927 he worked as an accountant for a consumers’ cooperative in Turkmenistan. Between 1927 and 1929 he again served in the Red Army in the 14th Artillery Regiment in Kyiv.

From 1929 to 1931 he worked as an accountant at a warehouse in Shepetivka. Between 1931 and 1933 he worked in Kharkiv. In 1933–1935 he served as commercial director of Plant No. 17 KOKS in Kostiantynivka in the Donbas. From 1936 to 1937 he was head of supply and distribution at the “Vosstanie” glass factory in Novgorod region. In 1938–1939 and again in 1940–1941 he worked as commercial director at a factory in Chudovo. In 1939–1940 he served as a soldier in the 156th Rifle Regiment.

From 1941 to 1946 he participated in the military operations of the Second World War, serving as deputy commander of a military unit. From 1946 to 1952 he worked as an expert for the Ministry of Trade of the Latvian SSR in Riga. In 1952–1953 he was a quality inspector at the production combine of the Ministry of Trade of the Latvian SSR. From 1953 to 1954 he headed the training production department at the Deaf Workers’ Combine in Riga.

From 1954 to 1961 he served as a workshop chief in the Riga Cooperative of Invalids. Between 1955 and 1960 he was also workshop chief at the “Makslinieks” artel. From 1960 to 1963 he headed a workshop at the “Tekstilnieks” combine, from 1963 to 1964 at the “Saule” combine, and from 1964 to 1965 worked as a foreman at the “Sadarbs” textile factory.

Abram Furman was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, and the medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.”

In marriage to Khaya Rosenblum (1907, Odesa), he had children: Ruffa Furman (1936, Leningrad), Zoya Furman (1941, Leningrad — 1942, Leningrad), and Boris Furman (1948, Riga). In 1966 the family received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Khaya Rosenblum (1907, Odesa) — wife
Ruffa Furman (1936, Leningrad) — daughter
Zoya Furman (1941, Leningrad — 1942, Leningrad) — daughter
Boris Furman (1948, Riga) — son
Aizik Furman (1871 — 1942, Leningrad) — father
Maryam-Rivka Furman (1873, Kamianets-Podilskyi region — 1929, Kyiv) — mother
Aron Furman (1907) — brother
Yakov Furman (1906 — 1930, Odesa) — brother
Maria Korshenboin (née Furman) (1918) — sister