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Shpungin Leyba Movshovich (1893-1974)

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SurnameShpungin
NameLeyba
PatronymMovshovich
Birth year1893
Birth month8
Birth day15
Birth placeDaugavpils
Death year1974
Death placeRiga
SexM

Shpungin Leyba Movshovich (15.08.1893, Daugavpils — 1974, Riga) — electrician. Son of Moisey and Riva Shpungin. In 1908 he completed 5 grades of basic school. In 1910—13 — fitter at a match factory in Dvinsk. In 1913—21 he performed military service with the rank of non-commissioned officer in units stationed in Kazan. In 1922—40 — electrician at the “Dimants” firm in Daugavpils. In 1940—41 — electrician at the Daugavpils municipal radio station. In 1941 he was evacuated to Kirov Region and worked as an electrician at a municipal trust. In 1945 he was re-evacuated to Riga. Until his retirement in 1968 he worked as an electrician: in the organs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at the “9 May,” “Rigas Kooperators,” and “Promprodukt” artels, and at the Gagarin pioneer camp in Jūrmala (1961—68). In his marriage to Shpungina (née Levina) Khaya-Sara (1915, Daugavpils), children Shpungin Tsvi (1932, Daugavpils), Shpungin Ruben (1933, Daugavpils), Mandel (née Shpungina, Zaks) Khana-Etel (1935, Daugavpils), Shpungin Isak (1941, Kazan), Shpungin Moisey (1947, Riga), and Shpungina Emma (1948, Riga) were born. In 1969 Sh. applied for permission to emigrate to Israel.

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Shpungina (née Levina) Khaya-Sara (1915, Daugavpils) — wife
Shpungin Tsvi (1932, Daugavpils) — son
Shpungin Ruben (1933, Daugavpils) — son
Mandel (née Shpungina, Zaks) Khana-Etel (1935, Daugavpils) — daughter
Shpungin Isak (1941, Kazan) — son
Shpungin Moisey (1947, Riga) — son
Shpungina Emma (1948, Riga) — daughter
Shpungin Nakhmil (1895, Daugavpils) — brother
Shpungin Moisey (… — …) — father
Shpungina Riva (… — …) — mother