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SurnameVald
NameGrigory
PatronymBorisovich
Birth year1938
Birth month3
Birth day18
birth_placeKharkiv, Ukraine

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Feldman David Abovich (1896-1978)

people
surnameFeldman
nameDavid
patronymAbovich
birth_year1896
death_year1978
death_month3
death_day3
death_placeRiga; exact date and place of birth unknown

Feldman (Feldmann) David (Dawid) Abovich (1896 — 3 March 1978, Riga; exact date and place of birth unknown) — weaver, participant in the illegal revolutionary movement.

In 1919, David Feldman served as a Red Guard in the 1st Irkutsk Workers’ Regiment of the Red Guard, then as a private in the 3rd Battery of the People’s Army of the Far Eastern Republic. In 1921, moved to Riga and from 1923 to 1940 worked as a weaver at the “Boston” and “Tekstiliana” factories. From 1930, participated in the illegal revolutionary movement: on behalf of an underground party organisation, he established a party cell at the “Boston” factory, distributed illegal literature, took part in the activities of MOPR, and carried out various other assignments of the underground organisation.

In 1932, as a representative of Riga textile workers’ collective, he was sent to Moscow for the May Day celebrations. Member of the CPSU since 1932.

In 1940–1941, David Feldman worked as a district police officer at the 10th precinct of Riga militia and as chairman of the “Apsardze” artel. During the Second World War, he was evacuated and worked in collective farms in the rear of the USSR. From 1944, worked as a weaver in artels and as a cashier at the Vidzeme collective farm market, as well as in the multi-branch home-industry combine.

In 1967, he was awarded the medal “50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR”. Personal pensioner of republican significance.