Churilov Nikolai Khanonovich (28.01.1913, Preiļi) — barber. In 1932, completed 6 grades of the Preiļi Jewish school. In 1932–39 — barber at the Krutishek salon in Preiļi. In 1939–40 — served in the Latvian Army. In 1940–41 — rifleman in the Latvian militarised railway guard. In 1941, evacuated to the Soviet rear. Until 1943 — rifleman of the militarised guard on the Omsk and Tashkent railways. In 1943 — private of the Latvian Rifle Division, demobilised on health grounds. In 1943–44 — worker at the Izga collective farm, Chistopol District, Tatar ASSR. In 1944, Ch. was re-evacuated to Latvia; until October 1944 — bread-baking inspector on the Latvian railway. In 1944–47 — merchandise expert at the DOURURS of the Latvian railway in Riga. In 1947–48 — storekeeper at “Latkurortorg.” In 1949, Ch. was tried and by the People's Court of the Kirov District of Riga sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. Served his sentence in Magadan; released in 1953. In 1954 and 1955 — barber at the Riga Municipal Services Combine. In 1954–55 — ironer at the “Rigas Kooperators” cooperative. In 1955–68 — barber at the “Nakotne” cooperative (transferred to the Riga Barber Network and subsequently to the “Laimdota” combine). From 1968 — barber at the supply department of the Riga branch of the Baltic Railway. In 1964, was tried under Art. 165 pt. 2 of the Latvian SSR Criminal Code and by the People's Court of the Kirov District of Riga sentenced to one year's corrective labour. Awarded medals “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45,” “30 Years of Victory,” “40 Years of Victory,” and “Veteran of Labour.” His marriage to Granirer (Levitan, Churilova) Dina (1922, Kaunas) (dissolved in 1953) produced a son Churilov Samuil (1945, Riga). Married secondly to Churilova (Khalyavina) Meri (1922, Riga). In the Holocaust, Ch.'s parents — Churilov Khanon (1864, Preiļi — 1941) and Churilova (Gramm) Frida (1866, Preiļi — 1941) — and sisters Churilova Rakhil (1911, Preiļi — 1941) and Churilova Klara (1913, Preiļi — 1941) perished. Ch.'s brothers and sister — Churilov Naum (1884, Preiļi), Churilov Leonid (1914, Preiļi) and Kats (Churilova) Nina (1901, Preiļi — 1967, Preiļi) — lived in Latvia in the post-war years. In 1987, Ch. received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his son.

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Granirer (Levitan, Churilova) Dina (1922, Kaunas) — first wife
Churilov Samuil (1945, Riga) — son
Churilova (Khalyavina) Meri (1922, Riga) — second wife
Churilov Khanon (1864, Preiļi — 1941) — father
Churilova (Gramm) Frida (1866, Preiļi — 1941) — mother
Churilov Naum (1884, Preiļi) — brother
Churilov Zusman (1887, Preiļi — 1889, Preiļi) — brother
Kats (Churilova) Nina (1901, Preiļi — 1967, Preiļi) — sister
Churilov Viktor (1907, Preiļi — 1924, Preiļi) — brother
Churilova Rakhil (1911, Preiļi — 1941) — sister
Churilova Klara (1913, Preiļi — 1941) — sister
Churilov Leonid (1914, Preiļi) — brother