Stelmakh (Stelmach) Aron Volkovich (30 March 1905, Turbiv district, Vinnytsia region) — craftsman, cooperative leader.

Aron Stelmakh was born into the family of Volk Gershkovich Stelmakh (1867, Strizhovka, Vinnytsia region — 1914, Pryluky) and Taybl Moshkovna Stelmakh (née Ligerman) (1870–1928, Turbiv district, Vinnytsia region). He received primary education.

From 1918 to 1924, he worked as a carpenter in a private workshop in the Vinnytsia region. From 1924 to 1931, he was a carpenter in the artel “Serp i Molot” (“Hammer and Sickle”). From 1931 to 1941, he served as chairman of the artel “Promprodukt.”

During the Second World War, he fought at the front (1941–1942), but after being wounded, he was demobilised. From 1942 to 1944, he lived and worked in Krasnoyarsk. In 1944, he moved to Vinnytsia, where he worked as chairman of the artel “Utilexport” (1944–1948), chairman of the artel “Kooptrud” (1948–1949), director of the municipal food trade organization (1950–1953), and chairman of the artel “Koopremont” (1953–1957).

After moving to Riga in 1957, he worked at various enterprises until 1975.

He was awarded medals including “For the Defence of Moscow,” “For Combat Merit,” “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War,” “For the Victory over Germany,” “30 Years of Victory,” “50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR,” and “60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR.”

He was married to Enya Yudkovna Stelmakh (née Ketzer) (1911, Medzhibozh, Khmelnytskyi region). Their daughters were Tatyana Aronovna Shoykhet (née Stelmakh) (1933, Vinnytsia), Galina Aronovna Finkman (née Stelmakh) (1937, Vinnytsia), and Raisa Aronovna Aronshtam (née Stelmakh) (1946, Vinnytsia).

In 1979, Aron Stelmakh received permission to emigrate to Israel, where the aunt of his son-in-law, Sara Mikhailovna Barkan (née Dagovich) (1910, Liepāja), resided.

Family:

Enya Yudkovna Stelmakh (née Ketzer) (1911) — wife
Volk Gershkovich Stelmakh (1867–1914) — father
Taybl Moshkovna Stelmakh (née Ligerman) (1870–1928) — mother
Tatyana Aronovna Shoykhet (née Stelmakh) (1933) — daughter
Galina Aronovna Finkman (née Stelmakh) (1937) — daughter
Raisa Aronovna Aronshtam (née Stelmakh) (1946) — daughter
Surka Volkovna Golub (née Stelmakh) (1902, Vinnytsia — killed in 1942, Vinnytsia region) — sister
Tatyana Volkovna Volynskaya (née Stelmakh) (1909, Vinnytsia) — sister
Polina Volkovna Stelmakh (1911, Vinnytsia) — sister
Sara Mikhailovna Barkan (née Dagovich) (1910, Liepāja) — aunt of son-in-law