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Chausky Leonid Semyonovich (1948)

Personal data
SurnameChausky
NameLeonid
PatronymSemyonovich
Birth year1948
Birth month3
Birth day11
Birth placeRiga
SexM

Chausky (Gelshtein) Leonid Semyonovich (Shimyonovich) (11.03.1948, Riga) — mechanic. In 1965, graduated from Riga Vocational School No. 9. In 1969, graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 10. From 1965 to 1966, worked as a boilermaker-fitter at the Mangaļsala Ship Repair Plant. From 1966 to 1969, Ch. worked as a fitter in military unit No. 36858 in Riga. From 1969 to 1970 — loader at the Wholesale Trade Office of the Latvian Consumer Union. From 1970 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1980, Ch. worked as a mechanic and electromechanic at the “Impulse” plant. From 1974 to 1979 — mechanic at the machine-counting station of Gossnab of the Latvian SSR.

Upon registering his marriage, Ch. changed his surname from “Gelshtein” to “Chausky.”

Ch.'s half-brother Gelshtein Lev (1947) left Latvia in 1972 and lived in Israel. In 1980, Ch.'s petition to leave for Israel to join his brother was refused. In 1990, Ch. left Latvia.

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Chauskaya Svetlana (1948) — wife
Gelshtein Shimen (1902) — father
Gelshtein (Yerofeyeva) Vera (1918) — mother
Chausky Dmitry (1972) — son
Gelshtein Lev (1947) — half-brother
Lopatkin Viktor (1941) — half-brother