Timenchik Robert Khaimovich (1940)

Timenchik (Timentschik) Robert Khaimovich (13 May 1940, Riga) — construction foreman.

Robert Timenchik was the son of Khaim Timenchik (1916, Riga) and Emilia Timenchik (née Apt) (1919, Riga).

In 1957–1958, he worked as a carpenter. In 1958–1959, he was employed as a rigger and mine support worker at the Ordzhonikidze mine in Novokuznetsk. In 1960, he worked as an installer in Construction Department No. 4 (“Zhilstroy”) of the trust “Stalinskpromstroy” in Novokuznetsk. In 1960–1961, he was a tower crane operator at the Novokuznetsk reinforced concrete plant. In 1961–1963, he worked as a worker and technician at the State Design Institute “Kuzbassgorpromekt.”

In 1963, he graduated from the Faculty of Construction of the Siberian Metallurgical Institute. In 1963–1964, he worked as a foreman in the trust “Kuznetskmetallstroy.”

In 1964, he moved to Latvia. In 1964–1966, he worked as a foreman and construction supervisor in the Jūrmala Construction Administration. From 1966 to 1973, he held positions as head of a construction laboratory, chief engineer, and chief dispatcher in the trust “Jūrmalstroy.”

In 1973, he worked as a senior foreman in a construction unit of the Ministry of Construction Materials in Riga. In 1973–1974, he was employed as a glass container collection clerk at Shop No. 3 of the self-financing enterprise “Majori.” From 1974 to 1978, he worked as an installer and foreman in various organizations, including the Ministry of Construction Materials, the trust “Rigastroy,” “Gorremtrest,” and RSU “Minavtoshossdor.”

He was a member of the Communist Party (CPSU) from 1967 to 1973 and was expelled for immoral conduct in private life.

In his first marriage to Timenchik (née Orlova) Olga (1937, Kharkiv — 1973, Jūrmala), two children were born: Shmorgon (née Timenchik) Irina (1961, Kharkiv) and Yakov Timenchik (1964–1972, Jūrmala).

In 1973, he married for the second time — to Timenchik (née Gurari) Elizaveta (1946, Riga), adopting her daughter from a previous marriage, Timenchik (née Minyar-Belorucheva) Marina (1970, Moscow).

In 1978, Robert Timenchik received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of a distant relative, Kvits (née Meller) Khaya (1920, Poltava).

Family:

Olga Timenchik (née Orlova) (1937–1973) — first wife
Irina Shmorgon (née Timenchik) (1961) — daughter
Yakov Timenchik (1964–1972) — son
Elizaveta Timenchik (née Gurari) (1946) — second wife
Marina Timenchik (née Minyar-Belorucheva) (1970) — adopted daughter
Khaim Timenchik (1916) — father
Emilia Timenchik (née Apt) (1919) — mother
Evgenia Ozhekh (née Timenchik) (1947, Prokopyevsk) — sister
Khaya Kvits (née Meller) (1920) — relative