Krislav Semyon Yefimovich (1937)

Krislav Semyon Yefimovich (b. 27 January 1937, Vitebsk, Belarus) — mechanical engineer.

Semyon Krislav was born into the family of engineer Erukhim Mikhailovich Krislav (1906, Vitebsk – 1953, Riga) and physician Tamara Semyonovna Krislav (née Kitaichik) (b. 1911, Lyubonichi, Mogilev Region, Belarus).

He studied at the school in the village of Tyumentsevo, Altai Krai (1944–1946). After moving with his mother to Riga, he attended Secondary Schools No. 56, 67, and 13 (1946–1954). He graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institute (1954–1959), while also working as a lathe apprentice and machinist at the “Glavleszapchast” mechanical plant (1954–1955).

After graduation, he worked as a senior engineer, design engineer, and sector head at the “Rīgaselmaš” plant (1959–1965); design engineer and team leader at the Special Design Bureau for the Chemicalization of the National Economy (1965–1971); chief designer and chief engineer at the Folk Crafts and Souvenirs Production Association “Dailrade” (1971–1973); and team leader at the Special Artistic Design and Technological Bureau of the Ministry of Local Industry of the Latvian SSR (1973–1978).

Married to Lyudmila Petrovna Krislav (née Khazan) (b. 1946, Kharkov, Ukraine).

Children:

– Irina Semyonovna Krislav (b. 1969, Riga)

– Roman Semyonovich Krislav (b. 1976, Riga).

In 1978, Semyon Krislav received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since the 1950s his cousin Tanya Isaakovna Sorokin (née Makhtina) (b. 1923, Lyubonichi) had been living. Later, Semyon Yefimovich emigrated to the United States.

Note: In 1941, Tanya and her mother were imprisoned by the Nazis in the Bobruisk Ghetto, then deported to the Stutthof concentration camp (Germany). Tanya was liberated by the Allies, remained in Germany, and emigrated to Israel in the 1950s. Tanya’s mother, Goda Solomonovna Makhtina, the aunt of Semyon Yefimovich (his mother’s sister), was murdered by the Nazis in the Bobruisk Ghetto in 1941.

Family:

Erukhim Mikhailovich Krislav (1906–1953)

Tamara Semyonovna Krislav (née Kitaichik) (b. 1911) - mother

Lyudmila Petrovna Krislav (née Khazan) (b. 1946) - wife

Irina Semyonovna Krislav (b. 1969) - daughter

Roman Semyonovich Krislav (b. 1976) - son

Tanya Isaakovna Sorokin (née Makhtina) (b. 1923) - cousine