| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Gurvich |
| Name | Samuil |
| Patronym | Ilyich |
| Birth year | 1905 |
| Death year | 1938 |
| Sex | M |
Gurvich (Gurwitsch) Samuil Ilyich (1905 – 1938) — underground revolutionary in Daugavpils; victim of Soviet political repression.
From 1928, Samuil Gurvich headed the regional division of MOPR (International Red Aid). Arrested in 1929, he was released on bail and clandestinely emigrated to the Soviet Union, settling in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). In 1930, he worked at the plant affiliated with the Physical-Technical Institute, then in administrative roles at the Ural Institute and as head of administrative-utility operations at Lenlegpromstroy.
In December 1937, Samuil Gurvich was arrested by the NKVD. In April 1938, he was added to the Stalin execution list under Category I for the Chechen–Ingush ASSR and was subsequently executed. He was posthumously rehabilitated.
Following his arrest, his wife, Ida Khaimovna Gurvich, was left alone with two young children in Daugavpils. She continued to live and work there. In 1988, in recognition of her husband’s revolutionary efforts, she was granted a personal pension of republican status.
Sources:
Russian State Archive (Ф. 24, оп. 416, л. 55)
Memory Books of the International “Returned Names” Project