Rukh (Ruch) Ruvel (Ruwel) Rakhmilovich (20 April 1928, Rokiškis, Lithuania) — electrical-mechanical engineer.
Ruvel Rukh was the son of Rakhmil Rukh (1900, Rokiškis — 1953, Riga) and Khena-Rokha Rukhene (1897, Kamajai, Lithuania — 1973, Riga).
In 1950 he graduated from the Riga Industrial Polytechnic School. From 1950 to 1977 he worked within the system of the Latvian (Baltic) Railway in the following positions:
duty technician at the traction substation of the power section (1950–1951), power dispatcher of the power section (1951–1953), engineer in the repair workshop of the power section (1953–1955), head of a traction substation (1955–1957), senior engineer of the technical bureau (1957–1964), deputy head of the power section (1964–1967), head of the railway electrical engineering laboratory (1967–1976), and from 1976 senior electromechanic of the electrical engineering laboratory.
In 1966 Ruvel Rukh graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1976).
He was married to Sima Rukh (née Porez; 1929, Riga); the marriage was dissolved in 1975. Their daughter was Raisa Givorshner (née Rukh; 1951, Riga).
In 1977 Ruvel Rukh received permission to emigrate to Israel.
Family:
Sima Rukh (née Porez; 1929, Riga) — wife
Raisa Givorshner (née Rukh; 1951, Riga) — daughter
Rakhmil Rukh (1900, Rokiškis — 1954, Riga
Khena-Rokha Rukhene (1897, Kamajai, Lithuania — 1973, Riga) — mother
Alexander Rukh (1926, Rokiškis) — brother
Sofya Ferman (née Rukh; 1926) — sister
Tsilya Spector (1917, Vinnytsia region) — wife’s sister