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Leider Yudel Ruvenovich (1916)

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SurnameLeider
NameYudel
PatronymRuvenovich
Birth year1916
Birth month9
Birth day22
Birth placeSmiltene
SexM

Leider Yudel (Judel) Ruvenovich (22 September 1916, Smiltene – ?) — percussionist.

From 1934 to 1937, Yudel Leider played in a restaurant in Valga; in 1937–38, in a restaurant in Võru (Estonia). From 1938 to 1941, he was a member of the orchestra at the Jewish Club in Tallinn, and in 1939–41 he worked at the Tallinn Music School.

In 1942–44, he performed with the Artistic Ensemble of the Estonian SSR in Yaroslavl. In 1944–47, he lived and worked in Tallinn; in 1947–49, he was ill. From 1949 onwards, he played in restaurants in Riga.