Belkind Abram Itskhokovich ( 11.06.1933, Riga - ?) – physicist.

Abram Belkind was the son of Itskhok Belkind (1911, Riga – 1979, Riga) and Sonya Belkind (née Gindina) (1912, Minsk – 1955, Riga).

In 1951, he graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 22. In 1956, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at the Latvian State University.

From 1956 to 1963, Abram Belkind worked as head of a laboratory department, assistant, and senior lecturer at the Riga Aviation School (later reorganised into the Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers). From 1963 to 1967, he was a senior engineer and senior research associate at the Institute of Physics of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences. In 1967, he became a senior research associate at the Institute of Wood Chemistry of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences. From 1967 to 1980, he was a senior research associate at the Physico-Energetic Institute of the Latvian SSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1966, Abram Belkind defended his dissertation and earned the title of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1965 to 1980.

In his marriage to Reize Belkind (née Gepstein) (born 1939, Riga), they had a daughter, Sofya Gershman (née Belkind) (born 1958, Riga).

His sister, Liya Benskaya (née Belkind) (born 1944, Gorky), emigrated to Israel in 1976. In 1981,Abram Belkind received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Reize Belkind (née Gepstein) (born 1939, Riga) – wife
Sofya Gershman (née Belkind) (born 1958, Riga) – daughter
Itskhok Belkind (1911, Riga – 1979, Riga) – father
Sonya Belkind (née Gindina) (1912, Minsk – 1955, Riga) – mother
Liya Benskaya (née Belkind) (born 1944, Gorky) – sister