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Guryev Viktor Pavlovich (1937)

Personal data
SurnameGuryev
NameViktor
PatronymPavlovich
Birth year1937
Birth placeLeningrad
SexM

Guryev Viktor Pavlovich (born Riskin Vitold Tevelevich, 1937, Leningrad) — construction foreman.

In 1945, Viktor was adopted by Pavel Guryev (1905, Saratov) and Rozalia Guryeva (1916, Leningrad), after which the family relocated to Riga. In 1955, he enrolled in the Kaliningrad Border Guard School but was discharged in 1956 due to illness. Between 1956 and 1961, he worked as a lathe operator at the REZ plant and the “Sarkana Zvaigzne” bicycle factory, and later as a worker at the Riga Footwear Combine, the Riga Consumer Services Combine, the “1st May” footwear factory, and the “Latgiprostroy” institute.

From 1961 to 1964, Viktor Guryev held a position as acting engineer at the Academy of Sciences of the Latvian SSR. In 1964, he graduated from the evening division of the Riga Construction Technical School with a degree in civil engineering. That same year, he began working as a construction foreman at the Construction and Installation Directorate of the Ministry of Local Industry of the Latvian SSR.

He married Itella Guryeva (née Dimant) (1940, Daugavpils), with whom he had a son, Izidor Guryev (1962, Riga). In 1972, Viktor Guryev received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Itella Guryeva (née Dimant) (1940, Daugavpils) — wife
Izidor Guryev (1962, Riga) — son
Pavel Guryev (1905, Saratov) — adoptive father
Rozalia Guryeva (1916, Leningrad) — adoptive mother
Sofya Guryeva (1947, Riga) — sister