Falkin Yakov Solomonovich (4 May 1939, Moscow) — turner.

Yakov Falkin was the son of Maria Falkina (née Katz) (1910, Korosten, Zhytomyr region — 1960, Riga) and Solomon Falkin (1908, Ulyanovsk — 1964, Riga). In 1946, he moved to Riga with his parents.

In 1956, he graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 1 of the Baltic Railway. In 1959, he graduated from the Riga Construction Technical School.

From 1959 to 1960, he worked as a concrete worker-assembler and foreman in the “Rigastroy” trust. In 1960–1961, he was a foreman in the Riga specialized finishing works department. In 1961, he worked as a concrete worker on the construction of a residential building at the Riga Thermal Power Plant.

From 1961 to 1962, he worked as a rate-setter and acting foreman at a Riga construction site. In 1962, he worked as a warehouse worker at Warehouse No. 4 of the enterprise “Glavavtodor-snab.” From 1962 to 1965, he served in the Soviet Army.

From 1965 to 1967, he was an apprentice boring-turner at the Riga Tool Factory. In 1967, he worked as a turner at the “Darba Spars” plant. From 1967 to 1970, he worked as a turner in military unit No. 12912 in Riga.

From 1970 to 1977, he was a boring-turner at the Riga Experimental Plant “Gidrometpribor.” From 1977 to 1978, he worked as a turner at the Riga Experimental Ship-Mechanical Plant of the fishing industry administration “Zapryba.” In 1978, he worked as a technician at the enterprise “Latgiprostroy.”

He was married to Betya Falkina (née Konstantiner) (1947, Tulchyn, Vinnytsia region). They had a daughter, Sabina Falkina (1969, Riga).

In 1979, Yakov Falkin received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his cousin Vigdor Barak (1934, Zhytomyr region).

Family :

Betya (1947) Falkina (née Konstantiner) — wife
Sabina (1969) Falkina — daughter
Maria (1910–1960) Falkina (née Katz) — mother
Solomon (1908–1964) Falkin — father
Grigory (1945) Falkin — brother
Vigdor (1934) Barak — cousin