Kogan Benyamin (Benjamin) Bentsionovich (March 26, 1925, Bendery) — photographer.

Benyamin Kogan was the son of Bentsion Kogan (1886, Bendery – 1942, Uzbek SSR), a cooper, and Chaya-Liba Kogan (née Sukhotliv) (1891–1930, Bendery). After his mother’s death, Kogan had to start working while continuing his education.

In 1933, he graduated from the Velikov (Ștefan cel Mare) Gymnasium in Bendery. From 1933 to 1936, he studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Iași (Romania). In 1936–1937, he served in the 35th Infantry Regiment of the Romanian Army in Akkerman (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi).

Between 1937 and 1940, he worked as a photographer in the studio “Imperial” in Bucharest. From 1940 to 1941, he was an accountant for the municipal catering trust in Bendery.

During 1941–1946, he served in the Soviet Army, in the 32nd Road Maintenance Regiment and later in a construction battalion.

From 1947 to 1950, he worked as a photographer in the “SocPobut” and “Gastello” artels in Chernivtsi. In 1950, Kogan moved to Riga, where he worked as a senior commodities specialist in Administration of Works No. 56. From 1951, he was a photographer-laboratory technician at the Rigas Foto plant.

He was married to Frida Kogan (née Chiobotaru) (1914, Sâvîni, Romania). Their daughter, Elizaveta Berzin (née Kogan), was born in 1944 in Dushanbe and lived in Houston, USA in the 1970s.

His sister, Alte (Esther) Kogan (b. 1913, Bendery), lived in Israel in the 1970s. In the 1960s, Kogan and his family submitted documents to emigrate to Romania. In 1975, he received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Frida Kogan (née Chiobotaru) (1914, Sâvîni, Romania) - wife

Elizaveta Berzin (née Kogan) (1944, Dushanbe) - daughter

Bentsion Kogan (1886, Bendery – 1942, Uzbek SSR) - father
Chaya-Liba Kogan (née Sukhotliv) (1891–1930, Bendery) mother

Yakov Kogan (b. 1922, Bendery) - brother

Mikhail Kogan (1919, Bendery – 1942, Krasnodar) - brother

Alte (Esther) Kogan (b. 1913, Bendery) - sister