Dukhov Solomon Izrailevich (1898 – ?)

In December 1917, Solomon Dukhov voluntarily joined the Red Guard detachment, which later became part of the 160th Rifle Regiment of the 18th Division. He served until 1919 with the rank of commissar of the 3rd Battalion. During the Yaroslavl uprising, he took part in its suppression as part of the Latvian riflemen. From 1920 to 1921, he worked in Vologda as an agent of the provincial executive committee. From 1921 to 1923, he was an agent of the railway security service. In 1924, he moved to Kharkiv and worked as a printer at the Proletariy printing house. From 1931 to 1935, he worked as an assistant to the Kharkiv regional police commissioner and as an assistant to the district police department commissioner. From 1935 to 1938, he worked as the commandant of a firefighting technical school. From 1939 to 1941, he was the head of the entertainment department of the Stalin House of Culture. In 1941, he was evacuated to Molotov, where he worked as a supply agent. In 1942, he went to the front and served as a rifleman in the 87th Special Brigade. From 1946 to 1947, he worked as an administrator for the philharmonic's variety troupe in Saratov. In 1947, he moved to Riga, where he worked as the head of the Galalit and Brivais Darbs artel workshops. From 1949 to 1957, he was a receiver at a sausage factory. From 1957, he did not work due to health reasons.