Elkanovich Adolf Vladimirovich (1909, Bobruisk) — jurist. In 1911–14, lived with his parents in Denmark, where they had gone from Belarus in search of work. In 1924–35 — apprentice at a tailoring cooperative in Baranavichy. In 1925–26 — volunteer in the 22nd Rifle Regiment, 8th Division, in Bobruisk. In 1926–27 — attended CIT courses in Dnipropetrovsk. In 1928–31 — fitter at construction sites in Minsk. In 1931 — sailor on the steamship “Borisov” in Leningrad. In 1931–34 — served in the Navy in Kronstadt and Murmansk. In 1935–36 — instructor at the Radio Committee in Minsk. In 1936, graduated from political instructor courses in Moscow. In 1936–37 — political instructor at the training committee of Osoaviakhim in Minsk. In 1937, graduated from the evening party school in Minsk. In 1938, graduated from the workers' faculty in Minsk and enrolled at the law faculty of the Belarusian State Law Institute. In 1941 — assistant prosecutor and military investigator of the garrison in Orsha. In 1941–42 — student at the KUVYUS at the Supreme Military Legal Academy in Moscow and Ashkhabad. In 1942–44 — military investigator on the North-Western and 2nd Baltic Fronts. In 1944–45 — personnel and special work inspector on the Leningrad Front. In 1945–47 — court secretary of the Military Tribunal of the Latvian SSR. Enrolled in the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute. In 1947 and in 1957–93 — member of the Latvian SSR Bar Association. From 1970 — advocate at Riga's 3rd Legal Consultation.

Member of the Komsomol 1931–34. Member of the CPSU from 1934. Member of the court and prosecutors' trade union from 1925.

A. Norman

Elkanovich Mina (1918) — wife