Smotkin Gershn (Gerschn) Solomonovich (27 June 1951, Riga) — engineer.

Dershn Smotkin graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Riga Polytechnic Institute. After completing his military service in Ventspils, he worked as a process engineer at the Riga Wagon Building Plant. Later he worked as a process engineer at the production association “Darba Spars,” a design engineer at the Riga Experimental Plant of Technological Equipment, and deputy head of the material and technical supply department at the production association “Sistema.”

In 1974 Smotkin married Galina Studinovskaya (1953); the marriage ended in 1981. The children from this marriage, Mikhail Smotkin (1975) and Ilya Smotkin (1976), lived with their mother during the 1980s. In 1981 Smotkin registered a second marriage with Stella Koyfman (1956). In 1990 Smotkin and his family were planning to move to Israel.

Family:

Stella Smotkina (née Koyfman; 1956) — second wife
Sholom Smotkin (1922) — father
Basya Smotkina (née Schrader; 1922) — mother
Zorakh Smotkin (1947) — brother
Gusta Goldberg (née Smotkina; 1955) — sister
Mikhail Smotkin (1975) — son
Ilya Smotkin (1976) — son
David Smotkin (1982) — son
Emil Smotkin (1984) — son
Galina Smotkina (née Studinovskaya; 1953) — first wife

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