Ogurok Khona (Chona) Lipovich (1915, Polotsk, Byelorussian SSR – date unknown) - economist

Khona Ogurok began his working career in 1931 as a warehouse worker at the Military Cooperative in Polotsk. From 1932 to 1933 he worked as assistant head of the warehouse of the Closed Military Cooperative. From 1933 to 1934 he served as head of the warehouse of the Voentorg of the Belarusian Special Military District (BOVO).

From 1934 to 1941 he held the positions of commodities expert, Deputy Head of the Trade Department, and Deputy Head of Voentorg of the Western Military District. With the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, he entered active military service. From 1941 to 1942 he served as Head of the Second Department of Voentorg of the Reserve Front and of the Crimean Front.

From 1942 to 1944 he managed Voentorg of the 39th Army and subsequently of the 4th Shock Army. From 1944 to 1945 he was Head of Voentorg of the Headquarters of the First Baltic Front.

After the end of the Second World War, he moved to Riga. From 1945 to 1953 he worked as Head of the Trade and Procurement Base of the Voentorg Administration of the Baltic Military District. From 1953 to 1959 he served as Head of the Riga Branch of Voentorg and Head of the Public Catering Department of the Riga Branch of Voentorg. From 1959 he was Head of the Trade and Procurement Base of the Trade Administration of the Baltic Military District.

In 1964 he enrolled in the Institute of Soviet Trade as an external (part-time) student, and in 1969 he obtained a higher education diploma with a specialisation in economics.