| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Podgaets |
| Name | Zelman |
| Patronym | Samuilovich |
| Birth year | 1919 |
| Sex | M |
Podgaets (Podgaetz) Zelman (Selman) Samuilovich (born 1919) - officer, manager
Zelman Podgaets served from 1942 to 1945 in the counterintelligence service SMERSH as a senior operative on the Northwestern and Baltic Fronts.
From 1945 to 1947, he worked as Deputy Head for Personnel at the Main Administration of the Ministry of Technical Crops of the USSR. Between 1947 and 1954, in the Latvian SSR, he served as Deputy Director of the Riga Hydrometeorological Instruments Plant, and subsequently as Deputy Director of the Riga Agricultural Machinery Plant (Rigaselmaš).
He was awarded the Orders of the Red Banner, the Red Star, and the Order of the Patriotic War (2nd Class), as well as a Certificate of Honour from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR.