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Rakovitsky Isaak Isaevich (1920)

Personal data
SurnameRakovitsky
NameIsaak
PatronymIsaevich
Birth year1920
Birth placeLiepāja
SexM

Rakovitsky (Rakowitzky) Isaak Isaevich (1920, Liepāja – unknown) — worker, manager.

Isaak Rakovitsky graduated from secondary school in Liepāja in 1934 and enrolled in a technical college, specialising as a technician in cold metalworking. After completing his studies, he moved to Riga and began working as a turner at the Kramer Mechanical Factory. From 1940 to 1941 he worked at Aviation Industry Plant No. 464.

With the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, he was evacuated to Kazakhstan, where he worked at the Budyonny collective farm. In 1942 he was drafted into the Armed Forces of the USSR. He served until 1947, completing his service as a deputy company commander.

In 1947 he returned to Riga, where he worked as a turner at the Latvenergo plant. From 1948 to 1960 he worked at various enterprises within the industrial cooperative system of the Latvian SSR. From 1960 he was employed at the Children’s Toy Factory as a shop foreman and later as head of the production department.