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Moskovsky Lev Ruvinovich (1881-1967)

Personal data
SurnameMoskovsky
NameLev
PatronymRuvinovich
Birth year1881
Birth placeRezhitsa
Death year1967
SexM

Moskovsky (Moskowsky) Lev (Leib-Gersh) Ruvinovich (1881 or1888, Rezhitsa (in other sourses - Petrozavodsk) — 22.11. 1967, Riga) — educator.

Born into the family of a teacher; received a home education. From 1895 he studied at higher religious schools in Rezhitsa and Panevezys, which in 1923 was confirmed by the rabbis of Rezekne, Israel Dukhovich and Chaim Lubotsky. In 1921 he graduated from the State Summer Pedagogical Courses.

From 1909 to 1917 he served as director and taught Hebrew, Yiddish, Jewish history, and the Talmud at the Rezhitsa Private Jewish School; from February 1921 he worked at the Rezekne State Jewish Gymnasium. According to the records of the Teachers’ Evaluation Commission of the Ministry of Education, he was granted permission to engage in pedagogical activity until May 1940.

Family:

Rubin Moskovsky - father

Khaya-Rokha Moskovskaya (née Dimenstein) (b. 1885, Kaipini) - wife

Solomon (Salaman) Moskovsky (02.06. 1909) - son

Abram Moskovsky (1911 -1944) - son, missing in action in WWII

Zalkind Moskovsky (b. 1913) - son

Sara Moskovskaya (b. 28.06.1914) - daughter

Dora Gepstein (née Moskovskaya) (b. 1918) - daughter.

Archival source: Latvian State Historical Archieve, Fund 1632, register 1, file 14556.