Rukh (Ruch) Alexander Rakhmilevich (7 March 1926, Rokiškis) — administrative worker.
Alexander Rukh was the son of Rakhmil Rukh (1900, Rokiškis — 1953, Riga) and Khena-Rokha Rukhene (1897, Kamajai, Lithuania — 1973, Riga).
In 1941 he was evacuated to Uzbekistan, where he worked on the Komintern collective farm. In 1943–1944 he served as a private in the 21st Reserve Regiment stationed in Fergana. In 1944–1946 he was a cadet and later sergeant major at the Civil Air Fleet Aviation Radio-Technical School in Frunze. In 1946–1950 he was transferred as a sergeant major to the Military Diving School of the Main Hydrographic Directorate in Riga.
In 1950–1951 he worked as an economist at the Ministry of Trade of the Latvian SSR. In 1951 he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade. In 1951–1952 he served as head of the planning department of the Riga Bread Trade Administration. In 1952–1955 he was head of the planning department of the Riga City Food Trade Administration. In 1955–1961 he was head of the trade department of the Food Trade Administration of the Proletarian District of Riga. From 1961 to 1971 he served as deputy manager of the Latvian distribution office “Zaprybsbyt.” From 1971 he was deputy head of the sales department of the district collective farm “Uzvara.”
Alexander Rukh was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1950–1971). He was awarded the medals “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” “20 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” “30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy,” and “For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin.”
He was married to Maria Rukh (née Spector; 1927, Odessa). Their children were Larisa Davidova (née Rukh; 1950, Riga), Izabella Rukh (1954,Riga), and Marina Rukh (1954, Riga).
In 1972 the Rukh family received permission to emigrate to Israel. By the late 1970s he lived in Haifa, where he worked as an economist at a fish-processing factory.
Family:
Maria Rukh (née Spector; 1927, Odessa) — wife
Larisa Davidova (née Rukh; 1950, Riga) — daughter
Izabella Rukh (1954, Riga) — daughter
Marina Rukh (1954, Riga) — daughter
Rakhmil Rukh (1900, Rokiškis — 1954, Riga) — father
Khena-Rokha Rukhene (1897, Kamajai, Lithuania — 1973, Riga) — mother
Ruvel Rukh (1928, Rokiškis) — brother
Sofya Ferman (née Rukh; 1926) — sister
Tsilya Spector (1917, Vinnytsia Region) — wife’s sister