Kapelyushnik Robert Shepshelovich (1935)

Kapelyushnik Robert Shepshelovich (19 October 1935, Riga) — shoe maker.

Robert Kapelyushnik was the son of Ida Lipman (Blumental, Kapelyushnik) (1909, Kuldiga) and Shepshela Kapelyushnik (1910, Jēkabpils – 1941, Naro-Fominsk).

In 1951 he finished 7 grades at Riga Secondary School No. 66. In 1951—52 he was an apprentice shoemaker at the “1st of May” factory. In 1952–55 and 1956–57 — shoe maker at the “Spars” footwear artel. In 1955 — shoe maker at the artel “Stalin’s Five-Year Plan.” In 1957–65 — shoe maker at the footwear department of the Household Services Combine No. 1 in the Moskovsky District of Riga.

In 1961 he married Sonya Prais (…) — the marriage was dissolved in 1963.

In 1965 Robert Kapelyushnik received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Prais Sonya (…) — wife
Ida Lipman (Blumental, Kapelyushnik) (1909, Kuldiga) — mother
Shepshela Kapelyushnik (1910, Jēkabpils – 1941, Naro-Fominsk) — father
Esther Kapelyushnik (1939 – 1942, Kokand) — sister
Max Kapelyushnik (1941 – 1942, Kokand) — brother
Israel Lipman (1907 – 1950, Riga) — stepfather
Maria Lipman (1947) — half-sister