Shpungin Ruben (Ruvim) Leybovich (27.12.1933, Daugavpils). Son of Shpungin Leyba (1893, Daugavpils — 1974, Riga) and Shpungina (née Levina) Khaya-Sara (1915, Daugavpils). In 1941 he was evacuated together with his parents to Urzhum, Kirov Region, where he completed 4 grades of basic school. In 1945 he was re-evacuated to Riga. In 1955—69 he worked at Riga's Custom Tailoring Factory No. 1. From 1969 — worker at a household services combine of the Riga District. In 1967 Sh. was tried under Article 204, Part 1, and sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment. In his marriage to Razhkovskaya Vera (1946, Riga) (dissolved), son Shpungin Mark (b. 1966, Riga) was born. In 1971 Sh. received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, German Naum (1920, Daugavpils). He subsequently lived in New York, working as a tailor at an atelier in Brooklyn.

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Razhkovskaya Vera (1946, Riga) — wife
Shpungin Mark (1966, Riga) — son
Shpungin Leyba (1893, Daugavpils — 1974, Riga) — father
Shpungina (née Levina) Khaya-Sara (1915, Daugavpils) — mother
Shpungin Tsvi (1932, Daugavpils) — brother
Mandel (née Shpungina, Zaks) Khana-Etel (1935, Daugavpils) — sister
Shpungin Isak (1941, Kazan) — brother
Shpungin Moisey (1947, Riga) — brother
Shpungina Emma (1948, Riga) — sister
German Naum (1920, Daugavpils) — cousin