Kugan Lev Markovich (1911)

Kugan Lev Markovich (February 2, 1911, Brest) — master craftsman, foreman.

In 1914, Lev Kugan was orphaned: his father, Mark Kugan (1886, Brest – 1914), was killed on the front during World War I, and his mother, Masha Kugan (1894, Brest – 1914), died in evacuation.

In 1927, he graduated from a vocational school in Sverdlovsk. From 1927 to 1928, he worked as a laborer at the “Krasny Rabochiy” (Red Worker) artel in Leningrad. From 1928 to 1930, he was a turner at the “Krasny Putilovets” factory. From 1930 to 1933, he served as a laboratory assistant at the Leningrad Institute of Metals. From 1933 to 1938, he was a workshop master at the “Krasny Khimik” (Red Chemist) artel in Kutaisi, Georgia.

From 1938 to 1941, he worked as a workshop master at the “Tsiteli Mgebovi” artel in Abasha. In 1941, he served as a private in the 34th Reserve Artillery Regiment of the 18th Reserve Artillery Brigade in the Transcaucasian Military District. In 1941–42, he was a cadet at the Tbilisi Artillery School. In 1942, he served as a reserve private on the Transcaucasian Front (Kerch). He was demobilized after being wounded and concussed.

From 1942 to 1946, he worked at Plant No. 4 named after Voroshilov in Krasnoyarsk. In 1946, Kugan moved to Riga. Until 1947, he was the head of a haberdashery workshop at the “Savienība” artel. From 1947 to 1949, he was a technical director at the “Galalit” cooperative. In 1949, he worked as a master of the haberdashery workshop at the Riga Industrial Enterprise of Voentorg.

From 1958 to 1959, he was a foreman at the Riga Haberdashery Combine. In 1959, he became an adjuster at the Plastics Regional Industrial Combine in Donetsk. In 1960, he worked as a foreman of the haberdashery workshop at the Petrovsky District Industrial Combine of the Donetsk Regional Industrial Administration. That same year, he served as foreman of the cutting section in the raincoat department of the Kuybyshev District Industrial Combine.

In 1961, he was assistant master at the Stalinsky Combine of the Society of the Deaf in Donetsk. From 1961 to 1969, he was a merchandise expert and head of the supply department at the “Tsintiba” factory in Riga. In 1967, he completed advanced engineering and economics courses in Riga. From 1969 to 1975, he was head of the sales department and foreman at the “Rigastroi” trust. Since 1975, he had been retired.

He was awarded the medals “For Valiant Labor in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin” and “For Participation in the Great Patriotic War.”

Married to Zoya Marmorstein (1913, Riga; marriage dissolved in 1974). Their son Lev Lvovich Kugan (born 1911, Brest) invited his father to emigrate to Israel, for which Kugan received permission in 1976.

Family:

– Zoya Marmorstein (1913, Riga) — wife
– Lev Lvovich Kugan (1911, Brest) — son
– Anna Kheimson (née Lemkhin, later Marmorstein, formerly Kugan) (1940, Leningrad) — daughter of his wife from her first marriage
– Mark Kugan (1886, Brest – 1914) — father
– Masha Kugan (1894, Brest – 1914) — mother