Pinians Zalman (Salman) Mikhailovich (25 August 1949, Riga) - engineer.

Zalman Pineans was born into the family of Mikhail Pinians (1925, Varakļāni) and Rakhil (Chernya) Pinians (1921, Līvāni). In 1966 he graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 40. In the same year he enrolled at the Riga Polytechnic Institute.

In 1967–1968 he worked as a technician at the Design Bureau of the Food Industry of the Latvian SSR. From 1971 to 1973 he served in the Soviet Army. In 1973–1977 he was employed as an engineer and senior engineer at the Laboratory for the Scientific Organisation of Labour and Production Management of the Ministry of Municipal Economy of the Latvian SSR. From 1977 to 1986 he worked as a design engineer at the experimental plant Kommunalnik. From 1987 he served as a senior standardisation engineer at the production association Dailrade.

He married Pauletta Pinians (Hidekel) (1958, Riga). Their daughter Aviva Pinians was born in 1982 in Riga.

Family:

Pauletta Pinians (Hidekel) (1958, Riga) — wife
Aviva Pinians (1982, Riga) — daughter
Mikhail Pinians (1925, Varakļāni) — father
Rakhil Pinians (Chernya) (1921, Līvāni) — mother
Diana Pinians (1960, Riga) — sister
Miryama Budanitskaya (Weiner) (1950, Riga) — cousin
Khaya Weiner (1919, Kursk) — aunt
Yeshua Weiner (1949, Riga) — cousin