Gurevich (Gurewitsch) Boris Yakovlevich (14 April 1938, Kārsava) — engineer.

Boris Gurevich was the son of Yakov Gurevich (1912, Valga) and Doba Gurevich (née Grinman) (1907, Kārsava – 1988, Riga). From 1958 to 1959, he worked as a teacher for seriously ill children in the Department of Education (RONO) of Riga’s Kirov District. In 1960, he graduated from the University of Latvia with a degree in physics education.

In 1961, he worked as a technologist in the design bureau of the Department of Local Industry and later that year as an engineer at the Special Design Bureau for Industrial Materials. From 1962 to 1966, he was a technologist at the Riga Electrolamp Factory. Starting in 1967, he worked as a senior engineer at the Computing Center of the State Statistics Administration of the Latvian SSR.

He was married to Rashel Gurevich (née Klupt) (1946, Riga). In 1972, Boris Gurevich received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by his wife’s parents, Mordukh Klupt (1912, Riga) and Zina Klupt (née Intreligator) (1916, Valga, Estonia).

Family:

Rashel Gurevich (née Klupt) (1946, Riga) — wife
Yakov Gurevich (1912, Valga) — father
Doba Gurevich (née Grinman) (1907, Kārsava – 1988, Riga) — mother
Mikhel Gurevich (1940, Kārsava) — brother
Sara Zmudze (née Gurevich) (1952, Kārsava) — sister
Mordukh Klupt (1912, Riga) — father-in-law
Zina Klupt (née Intreligator) (1916, Valga, Estonia) — mother-in-law