Klyachko Yakov Ioselevich-Zalmanovich (1884)

Klyachko Yakov Ioselevich-Zalmanovich (12 December 1884, Dvinsk – ?) – educator.

Yakov Klyachko was born into a merchant family, he graduated from a secondary school in 1902 and studied for several semesters at the Warsaw Polytechnic and the Mining Institute in St. Petersburg. In 1911, he graduated from the law faculty of St. Petersburg University with a first-class degree. He began tutoring at the age of 15. From 1911 to 1917, he worked in St. Petersburg as an assistant lawyer at the St. Petersburg Court of Justice. From 1917 to 1922, he worked as a clerk in the forestry industry, harvesting firewood. From 1922 to 1924, he lived with his family in Berlin, where he worked as a journalist. On 1 August 1924, he became the director of the Liepaja State Jewish Gymnasium. He taught social sciences, history, psychology, and geography. His wife’s name was Rosa (née Shlimakovskaya), and his son’s name was Samuel.