Levin (Lewin) Boris Leibovich (14 July 1922, Balin, Khmelnytsky Region) — engineer.

Boris Levin was born into the family of Leib Solomonovich Levin (1898, Smotrich, Ukraine), a stonemason, and Sonia Yakovlevna Levina (1899, Balin, Khmelnytsky Region — perished in 1942 in the ghetto of Dunaevtsy, Kamenets-Podolsk Region). He finished school in the town of Dunaevtsy, Kamenets-Podolsk Region (1939).

Boris Levin served in the Soviet Army (1940–1945), fought on the Southern and Southwestern fronts (1941–1942), was a cadet at the Ryazan Artillery School (1942–1943, Talgar, Kazakh SSR), and fought on the 2nd and 3rd Baltic fronts (1943–1945).

He was awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medals “For the Defense of Odessa”, “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”, and several jubilee medals.

After demobilization he moved to Riga, where he worked:

– as a supply agent at Mnogopromsoyuz (1946–1951),

– as a foreman and brigade leader at the Kirov District Industrial Combine,

– as a cutter at Sewing Factory No. 1 (1951–1961),

– as senior research associate at the Research Institute of Light Industry (1961–1962),

– as an engineer at the REZ plant (1962–1968),

– at the design bureau for mechanization of the Labor Directorate of Gossnab of the Latvian SSR (1968–1969),

– as deputy head of the production-transport department of Notsnab of the Latvian SSR (1969–1971),

– as chief engineer of the Riga Container Base (1971–1972),

– as cutter at the home-based labor combine (1972),

– as foreman at the leather factory “Jūrmala” (1972–1973).

Boris Levin completed the Moscow Correspondence Institute of Light and Textile Industry in 1960.

In his first marriage to Alexandra Samuilovna Levina (née Manevich) (1929, Moscow – 1967, Riga), he had two sons:

– Stanislav Borisovich Levin (1946, Moscow), who moved to the USA in 1972,

– Rolland Borisovich Levin (1956, Riga).

In his second marriage, with Nina Maksimovna Lipshan (1929, Riga), there were no children.

In 1974, Boris Levin received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1972 his cousin Tsivia Leybovna Teitelbaum (1925, Riga) had been living.

Family:

Leib Solomonovich Levin (1898) — father
Sonia Yakovlevna Levina (1899–1942) — mother
Boris Leĭbovich Levin (1920) — brother
Alexandra Samuilovna Levina (née Manevich) (1929–1967) — first wife
Stanislav Borisovich Levin (1946) — son (moved to the USA in 1972)
Rolland Borisovich Levin (1956) — son
Nina Maksimovna Lipshan (1929) — second wife
Tsivia Leybovna Teitelbaum (1925) — cousin