Ginsberg Arkady Yakubovich (1944)

Ginsberg Arkady Yakubovich (b. 23 April 1944, Orenburg) – labourer.

Arkady Ginsberg was born during evacuation; his mother, Faina Ginsberg (née Zalipskaya, also Laskina, b. 1921), spent the war years in the village of Belyaevka, Burtinsky District, Yakalovskaya Oblast.

From 1958 to 1960, he studied at the Riga Technical School of Light Industry. In 1962, he worked at the “Daugava” and “Venta” shoe factories. In 1963, he began working at the Jūrmala industrial complex. In 1964, he worked as a shop assistant in one of the Riga stores of the City Consumer Trade Department. From 1964 to 1967, he served in the Soviet Army.

In 1970, he completed a correspondence course at the Riga Republican College of Soviet Trade.

Family Background:

His father, Yan-Yakub Ginsberg (1906–1940), was born in Warsaw and served in the Polish Army. He was declared missing in action from 1945.

In 1971, Arkady divorced his wife, Alexandra Ginsberg (née Bogdanova, b. 1941), a native of Rēzekne.

Arkady Ginsberg was awarded the jubilee medal “20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”.

Family:

– Mother: Faina Ginsberg (née Zalipskaya, b. 1921)

– Maternal aunt: Polya (Pesya) Dreer (née Zalipskaya, b. 1928)

– Father: Jan-Yakub Ginsberg (1906–1940)

– Stepfather: Mozus Rodman (b. 1909), common-law husband of his mother

– Ex-wife: Alexandra Ginsberg (née Bogdanova, b. 1941)