Minin David Yuryevich (1909)

Minin David Yuryevich (15 June 1909, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast) — supply officer.

David Minin was the son of Yury Minin (1878, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast – 1933, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast) and Riva Minina (née Polyanskaya) (1886, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast – 1941, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast). In 1923, he completed six grades of basic school in Gomel. From 1924 to 1931, he worked as a carpenter in a private workshop in Gomel.

Between 1931 and 1934, he served as a cadet and warehouse manager in the 1881st Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the Red Army, stationed in the Far East. From 1934 to 1937, he was a worker at a margarine factory in Novobelitsa, Gomel Oblast. From 1937 to 1941, he worked at the Gomel sheepskin and fur-coat factory.

During the war years, he was employed as a worker at the Chistopol Ship Repair Plant in the Tatar ASSR (1941–1943), and from 1943 to 1945 served as warehouse manager at a mobile tank repair plant. He took part in combat operations on the 1st Belorussian and 2nd Baltic Fronts.

After demobilization, David Minin moved to Riga. From 1946 to 1962, he worked in Riga’s food trade enterprises as a supply officer, head of a canning workshop, and procurement agent for agricultural products. From 1962 to 1968 and again in 1973, he worked as an expediter. From 1974 to 1980, he was employed as a worker at the trade and procurement base of Dorursa of the Latvian Railway.

He was awarded the medals “For Combat Merit,” “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” “For Victory over Japan,” “50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” “30 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945,” “60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” and “Veteran of Labour.” He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1951 to 1979. His mother perished during the Holocaust.

David Minin was married to Zhenya Bobrushkina (1914, Gomel). Their daughters were Fanya Minina (1931, Gomel) and Esfir Davidovna Minina (1937, Gomel). In 1980, David Minin received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Yury Minin (1878–1933) — father
Riva Minina (née Polyanskaya) (1886–1941) — mother
Zhenya Bobrushkina (1914, Gomel) — wife
Fanya Minina (1931, Gomel) — daughter
Esfir Davidovna Minina (1937, Gomel) — daughter
Yakov Minin (1910, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast) — brother
Ida Geylikman (née Minina) (1912, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast) — sister
Arkady Minin (1915, Krasnopolye settlement, Mogilev Oblast) — brother
Meyer Milman (1924, Riga) — cousin by marriage (daughter’s husband’s cousin)