Rukh (Ruch) Leiba Peisakhovich (23 August 1908, Rokiškis, Lithuania) — worker.
Leiba Rukh was the son of Peisakh Rukh (— 1959, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory) and Pera Rukh (— 1952, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory).
He completed three years of primary school. From 1923 to 1934 he worked as a labourer in a warehouse of agricultural machinery in Rokiškis. From 1934 to 1941 he was a dyer in Hector’s workshop in Rokiškis.
In 1941 he was resettled to the Altai Territory. In 1943–1944 he worked as a watchman at the subsidiary farm of the special trade organisation in Pavlovsk (Altai Territory). In 1941–1943 and 1944–1959 he did not work due to illness. In 1959–1960 he worked as a stoker at Pavlovsk Secondary School, and in 1960–1961 as a labourer in the Pavlovsk forestry enterprise.
In 1961 Leiba Rukh moved to Riga. In 1962–1964 he worked as a labourer at the Riga medical-production workshops.
He was married to Gita Rukh (née Donskaitė; 1920, Kaunas). Their sons were Yerakhmiel Rukh (1952, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory) and Pinkhos Rukh (1955, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory).
His brothers Meir Rukh (1905, Rokiškis — 1941, Kaunas), David Rukh (1912, Rokiškis — 1941, Kaunas), and Iososkhor Rukh (1914, Rokiškis — 1941, Kaunas) were killed in the Holocaust. His sister Tsinore Kringelene (née Rukh; 1910, Rokiškis — ?) disappeared during the Second World War. Another sister, Basya Zabarovskaya (née Rukh; 1922, Rokiškis), lived and worked in Riga in the 1960s. His brother Berel Rukh (1913, Rokiškis) emigrated to the Union of South Africa in 1938.
In 1964 Leiba Rukh received permission to emigrate to Israel, following an invitation from the wife of his brother Meir.
Family:
Gita Rukh (née Donskaitė; 1920, Kaunas) — wife
Erakhmiel Rukh (1952, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory) — son
Pinkhos Rukh (1955, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory) — son
Peisakh Rukh (— 1959, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory) — father
Pera Rukh (— 1952, Pavlovsk, Altai Territory) — mother
Elkhonen Rukh (1904, Rokiškis — 1933, Rokiškis) — brother
Meir Rukh (1905, Rokiškis — 1941, Kaunas) — brother
Tsinore Kringelene (née Rukh; 1910, Rokiškis — ?) — sister
David Rukh (1912, Rokiškis — 1941, Kaunas) — brother
Berel Rukh (1913, Rokiškis) — brother
Iososkhor Rukh (1914, Rokiškis — 1941, Kaunas) — brother
Basya Zabarovskaya (née Rukh; 1922, Rokiškis) — sister