Gurevich Genekh Shlimovich (1881)
| Personal data |
| Surname | Gurevich |
| Name | Genekh |
| Patronym | Shlimovich |
| Birth year | 1881 |
| Birth month | 1 |
| Birth day | 9 |
| Sex | M |
Gurevich (Gurewitsch) Genekh (Genech) Shlimovich (9 January 1881 – date of death unknown) — educator.
Genekh Gurevich graduated from the Jewish Teacher Training Institute in Vilnius in 1903. In 1917 he graduated from the Kiev Commercial Institute, and in 1918 completed one-year courses for secondary school teachers in Kiev. He began his teaching career the same year in the Slutsk two‑class Jewish school in the Minsk Governorate.
From 1909 to 1911 he taught at the Primary School in Rēzekne. Between 1911 and 1914 he was on staff at the Higher Elementary School of the Kishinev Society for Clerks. In 1914–1921, he taught in Kiev at both the Jewish Primary School and the Unified Labour School No. 138.
In autumn 1921, Gurevich became acting director—and teacher of Russian language and commercial subjects—at the City Russian Gymnasium in Ludza. He went on to found and serve as first principal of the Ludza City Jewish Secondary School, which opened in September 1922, retaining that role until autumn 1926. He was then appointed director of the City Jewish Secondary School in Daugavpils. From December 1929 until February 1932 he was Inspector of Jewish Schools. From August 1932 to 1 August 1934he headed the Ludza City Commercial School as director and teacher. In 1933, upon approval by the Ministry of Education’s Teachers' Certification Commission, he was awarded full teacher's credentials. In September 1940, after the Soviet occupation of Latvia, he was authorized to continue teaching in Russian-language secondary schools.