Timenchik (Timentschik) Khaim (Chaim) Yankelovich (16 October 1915, Riga) — electrician-mechanic.
Khaim Timenchik was the son of Yankel (Yankelovich) Timenchik (1882, Tulchin, Moldova — 1954, Riga) and Liya Timenchik (née Marienburg) (1882, Riga — 1958, Riga).
In 1933, he graduated from the Riga Jewish Technical School with a qualification as a mechanic. In 1933–1935, he worked as an apprentice at the “Latvello” factory; in 1935 — as a messenger at the “Khorons” factory; in 1936 — as a machine operator at the “Elastic” enterprise; in 1936–1937 — as a mechanic at Volopyansky’s enterprise in Riga.
In 1937–1938, he served in the Latvian Army. From 1938 to 1940, he worked as a mechanic in the “Dynamo” workshop. In 1941, he was employed as an inspector in the housing administration of the Kirov District of Riga.
In June 1941, he was administratively deported to the Karagasok District of Tomsk Region, where in 1941–1943 he worked as a laborer at the collective farm “Pobeda.” In 1943–1947, he worked as an electrician-mechanic at a mine of the Prokopyevsk mine construction trust. Due to disability, he was transferred to the position of watchman, where he worked until 1948.
From 1949 to 1961, he worked as an electrician-mechanic at the industrial combine of the ORS of the trust “Stalinugol” in Prokopyevsk (Kemerovo Region).
In 1961, he returned to Latvia and settled in Jūrmala. In 1961–1980, he worked as an electrician-mechanic at the household services combine of the Lenin District of Riga (later enterprises “Metallobytremont,” “Darbs,” and the production association “Elektrons”). In 1980, he worked as a laborer at the Gagarin boarding house in Jūrmala. In 1981–1982, he was employed as a butcher-salesman at Shop No. 62 of the Jūrmala Trade Administration. In 1982, he worked as a laborer in the Jūrmala cooperative trade organization.
In marriage with Emilia (née Apt) Timenchik (1919, Riga), two children were born: Robert Khaimovich Timenchik (1940, Riga) and Evgenia Ozhekh (née Timenchik) (1947, Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Region).
In 1982, he received permission to emigrate to Israel.
Family:
Emilia Timenchik (née Apt) (1919, Riga) — wife
Robert Khaimovich Timenchik (1940, Riga) — son
Evgenia Ozhekh (née Timenchik) (1947, Prokopyevsk) — daughter
Yankel Timenchik (1882–1954) — father
Liya Timenchik (née Marienburg) (1882–1958) — mother
Shmuel Timenchik (1913–1978) — brother
David Timenchik (1919, Riga) — brother