Bobr Vitaly Zakharovich (2.01.1934, Gatchina, Leningrad Region) – engineer.

Born into the family of Zakhar Petrovich Bobr (1874, Orsha, Belarus – 1943, Katlasy, Bashkir ASSR), a civil servant, and Revekka Markovna Bobr (née Hagi, 1902, Vērtukšņi, Rēzekne District), a labourer.

During World War II Vitaly Bobr was evacuated to Katlasy in the Bashkir ASSR, where he attended primary school (1941–1945). After the war, he lived in Daugavpils and then Rēzekne, where he completed 11 years of secondary education (1953). He served in the Soviet Army in Sretensk, Chita Region (1953–1955), and after demobilisation, moved to Riga.

There, Vitaly Bobr graduated from Technical School No. 3 (1956) and worked as a fitter-assembler at the Riga Diesel Engineering Plant (1956–1961), and as a plumber in the Plumbing Works Administration (1961–1962).

From 1962 to 1983, he worked as a designer, engineer, and foreman at the Riga Wagon Factory (RVZ). While working, he also completed a degree at the Kaliningrad Technological Institute of the Fish Industry and Economy in 1971.

Vitaly Bobr was married to Ida Abovna Bobr (née Manoim, b. 1937, Riga).

They had two sons: Lev Vitalyevich Bobr (b. 1959, Riga) and German Vitalyevich Bobr (b. 1965, Riga).

In 1983, Vitaly Bobr received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his maternal aunts had lived since before WWII: Khitry (Hagi) Khana Mordukhovna (b. 1908, Vērtukšņi, Rēzekne District), since 1933, and Holzman (Hagi) Pera Mordukhovna (b. 1910, Vērtukšņi, Rēzekne District), since 1936.

Zakhar Petrovich Bobr (1874–1943) – father
Revekka Markovna Bobr (née Hagi, b. 1902) – mother
Nison Zalmanovich Bobr (b. 1913, Pskov) – half-brother (paternal)
Aleksandr Zalmanovich Bobr (b. 1920, Strugi-Krasnye, Pskov Region – d. 1941, WWII) – half-brother (paternal)
Khitry (Hagi) Khana Mordukhovna (b. 1908) – maternal aunt
Holzman (Hagi) Pera Mordukhovna (b. 1910) – maternal aunt
Ida Abovna Bobr (née Manoim, b. 1937) – wife
Lev Vitalyevich Bobr (b. 1959) – son
German Vitalyevich Bobr (b. 1965) – son