Kopman (Kopman) Gulf Kalmanovich (20 October 1921, Varakļāni, Latvia) — labourer.
Gulf Kopman was born into the family of Kalman Mendelevich Kopman (1879, Varakļāni – 1977, Rēzekne) and Taiba Vulfovna (Khaimovna) Kopman (née Sandler) (1882, Varakļāni – 1960, Rēzekne).
He completed seven years at Varakļāni School (1929–1935) and worked in various jobs (1935–1941). During the Second World War, he was evacuated to the Gizhduvan District of the Bukhara Region, Uzbek SSR, where he worked at the K. Voroshilov Collective Farm (1941–1942). He volunteered for the front, was wounded near Staraya Russa in 1942 while serving with the 92nd Rifle Regiment of the 201st Latvian Division, and, after hospitalisation, was sent to Chkalov (now Orenburg), where he worked as a mechanic at a motor depot (1942–1946). He was awarded the Medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.”
After returning to Latvia, he worked in Rēzekne as a procurement agent at an egg depot (1947–1948), storekeeper at the self-supporting buffet at Rēzekne Station (1948–1951), and trade employee at the Rēzekne District Consumer Union (1951–1961). He later worked as a quality inspector at a timber trading warehouse (1961–1962), rigger at the Electrical Installation Department (1962–1963), fitter at the Milking Equipment Plant (1963), senior merchandise expert and head of the supply department at the Reinforced Concrete Plant No. 6 (1963–1967), and head of the supply department at Motor Transport Enterprise No. 10 (1967–1969).
After moving to Riga, he was employed as a dispatcher at Canteen No. 11 (1969) and held various positions in the Food Trade System of the Proletarsky District of Riga (1969–1982).
In his marriage to Evgenia Grigoryevna Kopman (née Zalts) (1920, Dzygovka village, Yampil District, Vinnytsia Region, Ukraine) were born sons Alter Gulfovich Kopman (1948, Rēzekne) and Gets Gulfovich Kopman (1959, Rēzekne), and daughter Khana Gulfovna Katz (née Kopman) (1950, Rēzekne).
In 1983, Gulf Kopman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his brother Moshe (Moisey) Kalmanovich Kopman (1910, Varakļāni) had lived since 1972, and his son Alter Gulfovich Kopman (1948) since 1981.
Family:
Kalman Mendelevich Kopman (1879, Varakļāni – 1977, Rēzekne) — father
Taiba Vulfovna (Khaimovna) Kopman (née Sandler) (1882, Varakļāni – 1960, Rēzekne) — mother
Kopman Moshe (Moisey) Kalmanovich (1910, Varakļāni) — brother
Lifshits (née Kopman) Frida Kalmanovna (1907, Varakļāni) — sister
Frumerman (née Kopman) Khaya Kalmanovna (1916, Varakļāni) — sister (emigrated to Israel in 1977)
Glezerman (née Kopman) Basya Kalmanovna (1923, Varakļāni) — sister
Kopman Yevgeniya Grigoryevna (née Zalts) (1920, Dzygovka) — wife
Kopman Alter Gulfovich (1948, Rēzekne) — son (emigrated to Israel in 1981)
Katz (née Kopman) Khana Gulfovna (1950, Rēzekne) — daughter
Kopman Gets Gulfovich (1959, Rēzekne) — son