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NameBeola
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Birth year1940
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Budovsky Veniamin Moiseevich (1915)

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NameVeniamin
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Birth year1915
SexM

Budovsky Veniamin Moiseevich (b. 1915) — journalist, editor.

In 1938, Veniamin Budovsky graduated from the Communist Institute of Journalism. He worked as a literary contributor to the newspaper Zheleznodorozhnik Belorussii in Gomel.

From 1938 to 1940, he served in the Red Army.

In 1940–41, he was editor of the newspaper Latgalian Truth (Latgalskaya Pravda) in Daugavpils.

During the Second World War, he served in the 201st Latvian Rifle Division, taking part in battles near Moscow, Staraya Russa, and Naro-Fominsk. He was secretary of the editorial board and later editor of the newspaper Military Builder (Voyenny Stroitely).

From 1944 to 1975, Veniamin Budovsky worked as editor of the newspaper Znamya Truda (Banner of Labour).

In 1968, he was awarded the honorary title Honoured Cultural Worker of the Latvian SSR.