Perepletchikov Ilya Leybovich (26 May 1921, Gomel) — production master.

Ilya Perepletchikov completed seven years of schooling in Gomel. From September 1940, he served in the Red Army as a sergeant and communications commander of the 704th Artillery Regiment. In December 1941, he was severely wounded and subsequently demobilised in 1942.

In 1946, he moved with his family to Riga. He worked as a supply manager and head of a procurement point at the “Savienība” artel until 1950, as a procurement agent at the City Industrial Trade Directorate until 1952, and as a store manager for the “Gauja” artel from 1953 to 1958. Later, he worked as a labourer, master, senior master, and deputy shop supervisor at the “Ausma” production association and the “Dzintars” factory.

Ilya Perepletchikov was awarded several medals, including “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” “30 Years of Victory over Germany,” “50 Years of the USSR Armed Forces,” “60 Years of the USSR Armed Forces,” “Veteran of Labour,” and “In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of Lenin’s Birth.”

In 1979, Ilya Perepletchikov and his wife Matta Perepletchikova (née Zlotnikova) emigrated from Latvia to Israel, joining their daughter Yevgenia Gavartina (née Perepletchikova) (1948), who had moved there earlier.

Family:

Matta Perepletchikova (née Zlotnikova) (1923) — wife
Samuil Perepletchikov (1945) — son
Yevgenia Gavartina (née Perepletchikova) (1948) — daughter
Leiba Perepletchikov (1900–1968) — father
Khaya Perepletchikova (née Finkelshtein) (1900–1963) — mother
Zalman Perepletchikov (1925) — brother
Sema Perepletchikov (1936) — brother