Levin (Lewin) Lev Avseyevich
(17 November 1937, Borisov, Minsk Region – 1982, Israel) — electrical engineer.
During the war, Lev’s parents, Avsey Levin (1902, Mogilev Governorate – 1950, Riga) and Elizaveta Levina (1907, Vitebsk Governorate), were evacuated with their children to the Chuvash ASSR and later moved to Kirov Region. In 1945, the family relocated to Riga.
From 1956 to 1958, Levin studied at Riga Technical School No. 2. In 1958–61, he worked as an assembly fitter at the VEF factory. From 1961 to 1963, he studied in the Faculty of Automation and Computing Technology at the Riga Polytechnic Institute, later transferring to the evening division. From 1963 to 1971, he worked as a design engineer in the Chief Designer’s Department at VEF. In 1970, he graduated from the Faculty of Automation and Computing Technology at the Riga Polytechnic Institute.
In 1971–72, he worked as a commissioning engineer at the Minsk Specialised Installation and Commissioning Administration of the “Soyuzavtomatika” trust. In 1972–75, he was a senior commissioning engineer at the Council “Latvmezhkolkhozstroy”. In 1975–79, he served as a commissioning engineer at the Construction Repair and Installation Administration of the Ministry of Light Industry of the Latvian SSR. In 1979, he worked as a senior commissioning engineer at the enterprise “Latmezhkolkhozstroy”.
In his marriage to Hanna Levina (Perlman) (b. 1947, Tukums), two children were born: Levina Gugeta (b. 1968, Riga) and Mikhail Levin (b. 1974, Riga). In 1979, Levin and his family received permission to emigrate to Israel, joining the previously departed parents of his wife — Zelik Perlman (1897, Tukums) and Rayna Perlman (Abramson) (b. 1911, Tukums).
Family:
• Hanna Levina (Perlman) (b. 1947, Tukums) — wife
• Gugeta Levina (b. 1968, Riga) — daughter
• Mikhail Levin (b. 1974, Riga) — son
• Avsey Levin (1902, Mogilev Governorate – 1950, Riga) — father
• Elizaveta Levina (1907, Vitebsk Governorate) — mother
• Isaak Levin (b. 1929, Borisov, Minsk Region) — brother
• Yakov Levin (b. 1933, Borisov, Minsk Region) — brother
• Zelik Perlman (1897, Tukums) — father of wife
• Rayna (Rayne) Perlman (Abramson) (b. 1911, Tukums) — mother-in-law