Barkagan (née Vainshtein) Ida Moiseevna (b. 02.07.1926, Minsk) – employee.

Ida Barkagan received a secondary education. At the start of World War II, she evacuated to Alatyr, Chuvash ASSR, where she studied until 1943. She then worked as a copyist at Arsenal No. 5 enterprise.

In 1943, Ida Barkagan moved to Saransk, Mordovian ASSR, where she worked as a copyist at Military Base No. 62 (1943–1945).

In 1945, she moved to Riga and worked as a bookkeeper and section manager at Store No. 3 of Riga Gorpromtorg (1945–1948), draftswoman-designer, then technician at Repair Plant No. 29 (1950–1955), mechanical designer at the Administration for the Production and Installation of Equipment of the USSR Ministry of the Merchant Fleet (from 1957)

Marriages and Family

In 1947, Ida married Boris Shlemovich Barkagan, and they had a son, Semyon Borisovich Barkagan (b. 1949, Riga)

The marriage was dissolved in 1953.

On 23.01.1962, she remarried Abraham-Leon Oziyasovich Strobach (b. 1915 – ?), a citizen of the Polish People’s Republic. On 20.09.1962, he returned to Poland.

Following her husband’s invitation, she intended to move to Warsaw with her son for family reunification.

Family Members:

  • Mozeus Romanovich Vainshtein (b. 1895, Vilnius – ?) – father; served in the Soviet Army during World War II, later worked as an optician at the Darbs repair plant

  • Yevgenia Abramovna Vainshtein (b. 1897, Minsk – ?) – mother

  • Boris Moiseevich Vainshtein (b. 1924, Minsk – ?) – brother; Deputy Director of Canteen No. 25 of the Moscow District Catering Trust in Riga, served in the Soviet Army during World War II