Karpukh Ilya Gennadievich (3 August 1950, Krasnoyarka village, Ust-Trustan District, Altai Krai) — expediter.

Ilya Karpukh was born into the family of Gennady Karpukh (b. 1929, Kaunas) and Reyza Azeff (née Aranovich) (b. 1930, Riga). After his parents’ divorce in 1952 (their marriage was officially dissolved in 1954), his mother moved with him to Riga.

1965 — completed eight grades at Riga Secondary School No. 54.

1966–69 and 1971–72 — worked as a fitter-assembler at Military Unit No. 36858 in Riga.

1969–71 — served in the Soviet Army (Military Unit No. 41703, Vitebsk Region) with the rank of junior sergeant.

1975–77 — fitter-assembler at the VEF factory.

1975–77 — expediter at the self-financing enterprise “Flora”.

1976 — qualified as a gas-electric welder at Riga Evening Vocational School No. 3.

1977–79 — expediter at Riga Self-Financing Enterprise No. 30.

Ilya Karpukh married Elizaveta Karpukh (née Basner) (b. 1952, Riga). Their daughter is Liya Karpukh (b. 1973, Riga).

In 1979, the Karpukh family received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of Yevgeny Kleiman (b. 1918, Gomel), the husband of his mother’s sister.

Family connections:

Elizaveta Karpukh (née Basner, b. 1952, Riga) — wife
Liya Karpukh (b. 1973, Riga) — daughter
Gennady Karpukh (b. 1929, Kaunas) — father
Reyza Azeff (née Aranovich, b. 1930, Riga) — mother
Tatyana Binunas (née Azeff, b. 1957, Riga) — half-sister
Yevgeny Kleiman (b. 1918, Gomel) — uncle (husband of mother’s sister)