Polsky Mark Shlemovich (b. 4 October 1924, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Region) — military engineer.

Mark Polsky was born into the family of livestock procurement agent Shlema Davidovich Polsky (1898, Annovka – 1984, Kryvyi Rih) and homemaker Rakhil Abramovna Polskaya (née Telepinskaya) (1901, Kryvyi Rih). He completed 9 grades at local secondary school No. 25 (1941). In 1941, together with his parents, he was evacuated to Chimkent in the Kazakh SSR. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1942 and sent to study at the 2nd Kharkov Tank School, which was relocated to Samarkand (Uzbek SSR), graduating in 1943.

He was then assigned to a Reserve Regiment in Gorky. He served on the Central and 1st Belorussian Fronts during the Second World War (1943–1945). He was awarded two Orders of the Patriotic War (2nd Class), the Order of the Red Star, and medals “For Military Merit,” “For the Liberation of Warsaw,” “For the Capture of Berlin,” among others.

Until 1946, he remained with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. He was later assigned to Sovetsk in the Kaliningrad Region, where he served until 1970. After moving to Riga, he worked as an occupational safety engineer at Motor Transport Enterprise No. 5 (1971–1985).

Married to Anna Isaevna Polskaya (née Fradkina) (b. 1930, Kryvyi Rih); their children include Lyudmila Markovna Fridman (née Polskaya) (b. 1954, Kryvyi Rih) and Alexander Markovich Polsky (b. 1958, Kryvyi Rih).

In 1985, Mark Polsky received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his daughter Ludmila Markovna Fridman had resided since 1979.

Family:

Shlema Davidovich Polsky (1898–1984) — father
Rakhil Abramovna Polskaya (née Telepinskaya) (b. 1901) — mother
Ilya Shlemovich Polsky (1921–1934), Kryvyi Rih — brother
Anna Isaevna Polskaya (née Fradkina) (b. 1930) — wife
Ludmila Markovna Fridman (née Polskaya) (b. 1954) — daughter
Alexander Markovich Polsky (b. 1958) — son