Finkman (Finkmann) Meish-Ruben (Meisch-Ruben) Girshevich (29 July 1932, Riga).

Meish-Ruben Finkman was born into a family of weavers — Ghirshon Leibovich Finkman (1906, Jelgava — 1967, Riga) and Sara-Masha Finkman (née Lifshits) (1906, Ventspils — 1942, Alapayevsk).

During evacuation (Alapayevsk, Sverdlovsk region), in 1943 he completed 4 grades of primary school.

In 1945, he returned to Riga, where he worked as an apprentice procurement worker at the “Kurpnieks” artel (1945–1948), procurement worker at the “Spars” artel (1948–1949), apprentice at an industrial combine (1949–1950).

In 1951–1952, he served in the Soviet Army (Omsk; Kinel, Kuibyshev region).

After military service, he worked in Riga as procurement worker at “Rīgas apavnieks” (1953), shoemaker-procurement worker at the Deaf-Mutes’ combine (1953–1954), shoemaker at the “Sedlinieks” artel (1954), procurement worker at an industrial combine (1954–1955).

Due to illness, he did not work in 1955–1956 and 1958–1959.

He later worked as a worker at the “Mākslinieks” cooperative (1956–1957), procurement worker at an industrial combine under the Baltic Military District trade administration (1957–1958), procurement worker at “Rīgas apavnieks” (1958), worker at a consumer services combine) (1959–1963),

  • mechanic at a metalworking plant (1963), 

  • procurement worker at the leather-footwear combine “Venta” (1963–1967), 

  • procurement worker at “Rīgas apavi” (1967–1971), 

  • machine operator-procurement worker at a consumer services combine (1971–1975, Ogre), 

  • procurement worker at “Rīgas apavi” (1975–1976, Riga), 

  • procurement worker at a consumer services combine (1976–1978, Jūrmala). 

In his first marriage to Sara-Pesya Yakovlevna Finkman (née Shvom) (1935, Riga), he had a son:

  • Yakov Rubenovich Finkman (29 April 1956, Riga), who later emigrated to Israel with his mother. 

In his second marriage to Galina Aronovna Finkman (née Stelmakh) (1937, Vinnytsia), he had a son Lev Rubenovich Finkman (15 April 1961, Riga).

In 1978, he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1977 lived his cousin Zhenya Berovna Beshkina (née Fleishman) (1936, Riga).

Family:

Ghirshon Leibovich Finkman (1906–1967) — father
Sara-Masha Finkman (née Lifshits) (1906–1942) — mother
Semyon Girshevich Finkman (1930, Riga) — brother
Zhenya Berovna Beshkina (née Fleishman) (1936) — cousin
Sara-Pesya Yakovlevna Finkman (née Shvom) (1935) — first wife
Yakov Rubenovich Finkman (1956) — son (from first marriage)
Galina Aronovna Finkman (née Stelmakh) (1937) — second wife
Lev Rubenovich Finkman (15 April 1961) — son (from second marriage)