Bronstein Iosif Markovich (1923, Yul'yampol village, Shpikovsky district, Vinnitsa region) - lawyer.

At the beginning of the World War II, Iosif Bronstein was evacuated to Voroshilovograd region. He went to Astrakhan, where he volunteered at the aviation technical school. Having not finished training, he was sent to the defence of Sevastopol and in 1942-45 fought on the fronts of the 2nd World War. He was a platoon commander, division intelligence chief, battery commander. In 1947 he was demobilised with the rank of senior lieutenant in the reserve. He stayed in Riga and worked as a shop manager at the Molotov District Industrial Combine in Riga. In 1951, he worked as a shop manager at the Textile Combine of the Riga City Executive Committee. In 1953 graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute. In July 1959, he was accepted as an intern at the Jurmala Legal Counselling Centre. In October 1959 he was admitted to the Bar Association of the LSSR. Until 1963 he worked as an advocate at the Jurmala Legal Consultation. In 1963-69, he was Head of the 4th Riga Legal Consultation. In 1979-80 - a lawyer there. In 1980 Iosif Bronstein resigned from the Bar Association of his own volition.

Member of the CPSU since 1944. Active member of the ‘Znanie’ society (15 lectures and talks in 1978 and 14 in 1979). Awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the Order of the Red Star and medals ‘For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45’, ‘20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45’, ‘50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR, “For Valorous Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin”.

Iosif Bronstein was married to Zinaida Bronstein. They had two daughters (born in 1950 and 1953).

Zinaida Bronstein (…) - wife