Mukhin (also, Mukha, Mucha) Israel Moiseevich (6 February 1926, Daugavpils) — lawyer.
Israel Mukhin was the son of Moisey Mukha (1885, Kabrish, Poland – 1967, Daugavpils) and Khaya Mukha (1894, Dvinsk – 1942, Krasnovirsk).
From 1941 to 1944, he worked as a labourer and clerk at Construction Trust No. 8 in Krasnovirsk. In 1944–1945, he was a student at the Moscow Oil Institute. In 1945, he served as a private mortar operator in the 355th Rifle Regiment of the 308th Division and fought on the Leningrad Front. From 1945 to 1946, he was head of the library of the 355th Regiment stationed in Rēzekne. In 1946, he served as Komsomol organiser of a battalion of the 323rd Rifle Regiment of the 308th Division, stationed in Daugavpils.
Between 1946 and 1949, he studied at the Latvian State University. From 1949 to 1958, he worked as a lawyer at the 2nd Riga Trust of Public Catering. In 1952, he completed his studies externally at Leningrad State University. From 1959 to 1971, he was employed as a lawyer at the Riga Champagne Wine Factory, the Riga Motor Transport Administration, the Proletarsky District Food Trade Organisation of Riga, Riga Motor Transport Combine No. 1, and the “Latsnabtorg” office.
In 1962, he changed his surname from “Mukha” to “Mukhin”. A member of the CPSU from 1948, he was awarded the medals For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45 and Twenty Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45.
He was married to Emma Mukhina (née Sher, Mukha) (1928, Kharkiv); their daughter, Bella Mukhina, was born in 1956 in Riga. In the 1970s, Mukhin’s sister Sarra Geller (née Mukha) (1923, Daugavpils) lived in Tashkent, while his sisters Liya Rual (née Mukha) (1917, Daugavpils) and Iekhama Tsalikhina (née Mukha) (1921, Daugavpils) lived in Israel. In 1971, Mukhin received permission to emigrate to Israel on the invitation of his mother-in-law, Dina Budel (1902, Dvinsk).
Family:
Emma Mukhina (née Sher, Mukha) (1928, Kharkiv) — wife
Bella Mukhina (1956, Riga) — daughter
Moisey Mukha (1885, Kabrish, Poland – 1967, Daugavpils) — father
Khaya Mukha (1894, Dvinsk – 1942, Krasnovirsk) — mother
Sarra Geller (née Mukha) (1923, Daugavpils) — sister
Liya Rual (née Mukha) (1917, Daugavpils) — sister
Iekhama Tsalikhina (née Mukha) (1921, Daugavpils) — sister
Dina Budel (1902, Dvinsk) — mother-in-law