Skorokhod (Skorochod) Hirsh ( Hirsch) Abramovich (14 November 1920, Ludza) — commodity expert.
Hirsh Skorokhod was the son of Abram Skorokhod (1875, Daugavpils District — 1942, Kyrgyzstan) and Pesya Skorokhod (née Belkind; 1881, Krustpils — 1965, Riga).
In 1935, he completed eight years of primary education in Ludza. From 1935 to 1940, he worked as a shop assistant in a ready-made clothing store. From 1940 to 1941, he was the manager of a shop belonging to the Ludza District Consumers’ Union. In 1941, he was evacuated to the Kyrgyz SSR.
Until 1943, he worked as a warehouse manager in a military trade (voentorg) canteen in Jalal-Abad. From 1943 to 1944, he was a procurement agent in the voentorg of the Siberian Military District. From 1944 to 1945, he worked as a storekeeper in a railway buffet in Andijan.
From 1945 to 1946, he worked as a furniture appraiser at the Riga Municipal Industrial Trade base and at the Special Trade base. From 1946 to 1947, he was head of a procurement point at the Riga Fish Cooperative. From 1947 to 1948, he worked as a commodity expert and furniture appraiser in a Riga restoration workshop. From 1948 to 1951, he was a shop manager in the Riga Municipal Industrial Trade system.
From 1952 to 1953, he worked as a fitter at industrial combines in the Molotov and Proletarian districts of Riga. From 1953 to 1958, he was a workshop manager in the artels “Sacensība” and “Tekstilnieks”. From 1958 to 1960, he was manager of Shop No. 9 of the Mārupe Consumers’ Society. From 1960 to 1965, he worked as a commodity expert and shop manager in shops of the Riga Municipal Household Trade system. From 1965, he was a workshop foreman in the new furniture department at the production association “Rīgas Ekspresis”.
In 1970, he graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Institute of Soviet Trade.
In his first marriage to Zhenya Skorokhod (née Gamper; 1925, Riga — 1955, Riga), a son was born: Leonid Skorokhod (1953, Leningrad). In his second marriage to Dorita Skorokhod (née Khaitina; 1930, Riga) (dissolved in 1960), sons Boris Skorokhod (1958, Riga) and Alexander Skorokhod (1962, Riga) were born.
In 1971, Hirsh Skorokhod and his son from his first marriage received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of his cousin, Iosif Shvartsman (1917, Saldus), who had emigrated from Vilnius to Palestine in 1939.
Family:
Zhenya Skorokhod (née Gamper; 1925, Riga — 1955, Riga) — first wife
Leonid Skorokhod (1953, Leningrad) — son
Dorita Skorokhod (née Khaitina; 1930, Riga) — second wife
Boris Skorokhod (1958, Riga) — son
Alexander Skorokhod (1962, Riga) — son
Abram Skorokhod (1875, Daugavpils District — 1942, Kyrgyzstan) — father
Pesya Skorokhod (née Belkind; 1881, Krustpils — 1965, Riga) — mother
Sarra Levina (née Skorokhod; 1912, Ludza — 1972, Riga) — sister
Moisey Skorokhod (1911, Ludza) — brother
Iser Skorokhod (1913, Ludza) — brother
Iosif Shvartsman (1917, Saldus) — cousin