Polotovsky Iosif Grigoryevich (14 February 1947, Moscow) — engineer.

Iosif Polotovsky was born into the family of Grigory Aronovich Polotovsky (1913, Vitebsk, Belarus – 1963, Riga) and Vera Iosifovna Polotovskaya (née Valit) (1922, Kerch, Crimean Region). He graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 40 (1963), and subsequently from the evening department of the Riga Electromechanical Technical School (1968). At the same time, he worked in Riga as a milling-machine operator at the Riga Turbomechanical Plant (1962–1963) and at the “Stroymechanizatsiya” Plant (1963–1964); later he was employed as a milling-machine operator and subsequently as an engineer at the Non-Ferrous Casting Plant (1964–1972), worked as an engineer at the production association “School Furniture” (1972–1973), and as a section foreman at the production association “Darba Spars” (1973–1987).

In his marriage to Pesenka Leibovna Polotovskaya (née Gordina) (b. 1950, Riga), a daughter was born — Galina Iosifovna Polotovskaya (b. 1973, Riga).

In 1987, he received permission to travel for 30 days to the Western sector of Berlin, where his mother — Vera Iosifovna Polotovskaya (née Valit) (b. 1922, Kerch, Crimean Region) — was residing; she had emigrated to Israel in 1981.

Family:

Grigory Aronovich Polotovsky (1913–1963) — father
Vera Iosifovna Polotovskaya (née Valit) (b. 1922) — mother

Raisa Grigoryevna Sosnitskaya (née Polotovskaya) (b. 1955, Riga) — sister (emigrated with her family to Israel in 1979; later moved to the FRG)

Pesenka Leibovna Polotovskaya (née Gordina) (b. 1950) — wife
Galina Iosifovna Polotovskaya (b. 1973) — daughter