Axelrod (Akselrod) Viktor Grigoryevich (24.08.1946, Jūrmala) – Civil Engineer.

Viktor Akselrod was born into the family of Grigory Borisovich Axelrod (1906, Zhytomyr – 1972, Riga) and Dorothea Mikhailovna Axelrod (Medvinskaya)(1914, Odessa).

Viktor Akselrod completed seven years of education at Riga Secondary School No. 17 (1960) and then graduated from the Riga Construction College (1964).

His professional career included various engineering roles:

Planning and production engineer at 189-UNR (1965–1966, Riga)
Senior engineer at the “Autoelectropribor” factory (1966–1967)
Engineer at the Latvian Architectural Design Workshop “Soyuzkurortproekt” (1967–1968)
Engineer at the Central Design Bureau of the Food Industry (1968–1969)
Safety engineer at Latvjeldortrans under Glavsnab of the Latvian SSR (1969–1970)
Construction foreman at SU-56 of the “Riganapromstroy” trust (1970–1972)

From 1972 to 1973, Viktor Akselrod served in the Soviet Army. After demobilisation, he worked as a senior engineer and group leader at the “Latgiprogorstroy” design institute (1974–1978).

While working,Viktor Akselrod completed a part-time degree at the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers (1972).

In 1979,Viktor Akselrod he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his deceased cousin’s wife, Yenta Hertzekhovna Axelrod (Volos) (1933, Varakļāni), was already residing.

Family Members:

Grigory Borisovich Axelrod (1906–1972) – father
Dorothea Mikhailovna Axelrod (Medvinskaya) (1914) – mother
Yuri Grigoryevich Axelrod (1937, Leningrad) – brother
Yenta Hertsekhovna Axelrod (Volos) (1933) – wife of his deceased cousin
Isaak Borisovich Axelrod (1924 – 1975, Israel) – cousin
Olga Lazarevna Axelrod (Steinberg)(1953, Saldus, Latvia) – wife