Pinkhusovich (Pinchusowitsch) Arkady Yakovlevich (born 1948, Riga) - driver.

Arkady Pinkhusovich was born into the family of Yakov Abramovich Pinkhusovich (born 1921, Dvinsk—today Daugavpils), a carpenter, and Ester Aronovna Pinkhusovich (née Krechmer) (born 1920, Biržai, Lithuania), a seamstress.

He completed seven grades of primary school in 1963. From 1963 to 1966 he worked in Riga as a retoucher at the “Rīgas Foto” Combine. In 1967 he completed driver-training courses at a vocational training centre. He then worked in Riga as a driver: at ATK-2 (1967–1968) and at the “Souvenir” enterprise (1968–1969).

In 1969 he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his uncle (his father’s cousin), Irakhmiel Pinkhusovich Pinkhusovich (born 1914, Dvinsk), was living.

Family:

Yakov Abramovich Pinkhusovich (born 1921) — father
Ester Aronovna Pinkhusovich (née Krechmer) (born 1920) — mother
Elina Yakovlevna Pinkhusovich (born 1956, Riga) — sister
Irakhmiel Pinkhusovich Pinkhusovich (born 1914) — uncle