Guskov Vladimir Yuryevich (27 April 1955, Donetsk) — technician-technologist.

From 1962 to 1971, Vladimir Guskov attended Secondary School No. 35 in Donetsk. In 1974, he completed practical training as a level-5 plumber at the blast furnace department of the Lenin Metallurgical Plant in Donetsk. After graduating from the Donetsk Polytechnic College in 1975, he worked as a level-4 metalworker at Reinforced Concrete Products Plant No. 1 of the Ministry of Construction Materials Industry of the Latvian SSR in Vangazi, Riga District.

From May 1975 to May 1978, he served in the Soviet Army, stationed in the port city of Poti, Georgian SSR, as a sailor in the Navy (military occupational specialty code VUS-321). After discharge, he worked as a loader at the Riga Interdistrict Fish Supply Office until 1979, and from 1979 to 1980, he was a driver at a central hospital.

In 1980, Vladimir Guskov applied for an exit visa to Israel for permanent residence.

Family:

— Guskova (née Roitman) Rita Isaakovna — mother

— Guskov, Yuri Grigoryevich (b. 1926, Livny, Oryol Region) — father, communications supervisor at the long-distance telephone station in Donetsk; on 24 June 1970, he was stripped of parental rights by decision of the Donetsk People's Court.