| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Lifshits |
| Name | Samuil |
| Patronym | Abramovich |
| Birth year | 1941 |
| Birth month | 5 |
| Birth day | 4 |
| Birth place | Balvi |
| Sex | M |
Lifshits (Lifschitz) Samuil Abramovich (4 May 1941, Balvi) — engineer.
Samuil Lifshits was born into the family of Abram Lifshits (1907, Varakļāni – 1941) and Itta Lifshits (1912, Daugavpils).
In 1958 he finished Evening Secondary School No. 9 for Working Youth. In 1957–60 he worked at the Pioneer footwear factory in Riga. From 1960 to 1963 he completed military service in Unit 86623 in Liepāja. In 1963–78 he worked at the VEF factory as an adjuster, inspector, engineer, senior engineer, head of laboratory, and process engineer. In 1972 he completed three years of the correspondence general technical faculty of the Riga Polytechnic Institute.
His father, Abram Lifshits (1907, Varakļāni – 1941), was killed during the 1941 evacuation.
In his marriage to Rozabella Lifshits (née Yoelson) (1946, Riga), he had a daughter, Yulia Lifshits (1971, Riga).
In 1978 Samuil Lifshits received permission to leave Latvia.
Family
Rozabella Lifshits (née Yoelson) (1946, Riga) — wife
Yulia Lifshits (1971, Riga) — daughter
Abram Lifshits (1907, Varakļāni – 1941) — father
Itta Lifshits (1912, Daugavpils) — mother
Lyubov Teitelbaum (née Dimanshtein) (1915, Riga) — wife of his wife’s maternal uncle