Burd Khaim Berkovich (b. 19 March 1930, Odessa) — technologist.

Khaim Burd was the son of Berka Burd (b. 1876, Dnipropetrovsk – d. 1941, Odessa) and Itta Burd (née Zeltser) (b. 1886, Kamianets-Podilskyi – d. 1969, Riga).

During the 2nd World War, he was evacuated to Kyzylorda, Kazakh SSR, where he completed six grades of secondary school. In 1945, he returned to Odessa.

From 1945 to 1948, he worked as a labourer at the Odessa shoe factory. In 1948, he moved to Riga. Until 1949, he worked as a shoemaker in the Spars artel.

From 1949 to 1950, he was a footwear worker in the Stalin’s Five-Year Plan artel.

Between 1950 and 1954, he served in the Soviet Army.

From 1954 to 1975, he was a technologist at the Rīgas Apavi industrial association. In 1966, he completed the 10th grade at the Riga Evening School for Working Youth.

From 1975 onwards, he worked as a vocational training instructor at Riga technical college (VPTU No. 41). In 1970, he completed a correspondence course at the Riga College of Light Industry.

In his first marriage to Bella Petrovа (née Fainer) (b. 1935, Vitebsk), he had a daughter: Asya Shor (née Burd) (b. 1956,Riga).

He is married a second time to Rashel Movshenson (b. 1940, Riga). In 1979, Burd received permission to emigrate upon invitation from his daughter.

Family members:

Bella Petrova (née Fainer) (b. 1935, Vitebsk) — first wife
Asya Shor (née Burd) (b. 1956, Riga) — daughter
Rashel Movshenson (b. 1940, Riga) — second wife
Berka Burd (1876–1941) — father
Itta Burd (née Zeltser) (1886–1969) — mother
Khatskel Burd (1918, Odessa – 1943, Tashkent) — brother
Boris Burd (1920, Odessa – 1974, Moscow; buried in Voronezh) — brother
Klara Puvinskaya (née Burd) (b. 1925, Odessa) — sister