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Rakhlin Leonid-Israel Moiseevich (1911)

Personal data
SurnameRakhlin
NameLeonid-Israel
PatronymMoiseevich
Birth year1911
Birth placeOrsha
SexM

Rakhlin (Rachlin) Leonid-Israel Moiseevich (1911, Orsha — unknown) — trade worker, manager.

Leonid Rakhlin was born in Orsha. His father was Moisey Naumovich Rakhlin, who died in 1914 in Warsaw. His mother was Khanna Samuilovna Rakhlin (née Rabinovich), she was murdered by the Nazi in Orsha in 1942.

His brothers were: Samuil Moiseevich Rakhlin, Naum Moiseevich Rakhlin and Meyer Moiseevich Rakhlin. His sister was Ida Moiseevna Feinburg (née Rakhlin), who died in Mogilev in 1984.

From 1929 to 1935 Leonid Rakhlin worked as a shop assistant and later as director of a shop of the Proletarian Food Trade organisation in Moscow.

In 1938 he married Nikhama Leivikovna Feinburg. In 1937 his daughter Maria Leonidovna Krass (née Rakhlin) was born. In 1941 his son Valery Leonidovich Rakhlin was born.

From 1935 to 1941 he worked as director of a special trade shop in Orsha. From 1941 to 1942 he served as head of supplies at military hospital No. 3054. From 1942 to 1949 he served in the Soviet Army. From 1950 to 1955 he worked as a master at a gold-mining factory in Yeniseysk.

In 1954 Leonid Rakhlin moved to Riga, where he worked as director of the canteen of the Riga Military Trade organisation. From 1955 to 1972 he worked as salesman and director of the “Textile-Sewing-Footwear Trade” shop. From 1972 he worked in the structures of the Riga “Sport-Culture Trade” organisation, holding positions as shop director, shop manager, garage head, and construction group master.

Family:

Moisey Naumovich Rakhlin - father

Khanna Samuilovna Rakhlin (née Rabinovich) - mother

Nikhama Leivikovna Feinburg - wife

Maria Leonidovna Krass (née Rakhlin) - daughter

Valery Leonidovich Rakhlin - son