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Solomyak Khaim Isaakovich (1933)

Personal data
SurnameSolomyak
NameKhaim
PatronymIsaakovich
Birth year1933
Birth month8
Birth day14
Birth placeRiga
SexM

Solomyak (Solomjak) Khaim (Chaim) Isaakovich (14 August 1933, Riga) — engineer.

Khaim Solomyak was the son of Rakhil Parnas (née Podoksina, Solomyak) (1911, Riga) and Isaak Solomyak (1908, Krustpils — 1942, Bukhara). In 1941, he was evacuated together with his parents to Bukhara. In 1945, the family returned to Riga. In 1950, he graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 20 (incomplete secondary).

From 1952 to 1956, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army in Sevastopol. In 1959, he graduated from the Riga Electromechanical Technical School, qualifying as a technician-technologist. From 1959 to 1961, he worked as an assembler at the VEF factory. From 1961 to 1972, he worked as an all-round adjuster and senior engineer-technologist at the Popov Radio Factory.

His marriage to Natalia Osokina (1942, Riga) was dissolved in 1962. In 1972, he received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Natalia Osokina (1942, Riga) — wife
Rakhil Parnas (née Podoksina, Solomyak) (1911, Riga) — mother
Isaak Solomyak (1908, Krustpils — 1942, Bukhara) — father
Kopman (née Parnas) Basnetta (1947, Riga) — half-sister