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SurnameVald
NameGrigory
PatronymBorisovich
Birth year1938
Birth month3
Birth day18
birth_placeKharkiv, Ukraine

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Topuz Ludwig Genrikhovich (1905)

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SurnameTopuz
NameLudwig
PatronymGenrikhovich
Birth year1905
Birth month4
Birth day16
birth_placeYalta
SexM

Topuz (Topuz) Ludwig Genrikhovich (16 April 1905, Yalta — ?) — physician (dentist).

Ludwig Topuz lived in Yalta until 1923. From 1924, he studied and worked at the Moscow State Institute of Dentistry. In 1928–1931, he performed active service in the Red Army.

From 1932 to 1935, he was head of the dental department of the institute and served as an instructor-consultant in dentistry. On 26 June 1941, he was mobilized to Field Hospital No. 496 as head of the dental department.

From 1942 to 1943, he was commander of a medical-sanitary company. From 1943 to 1945, he served as head of the dental prosthetics laboratory of the 3rd Shock Army of the 2nd Baltic Front.

From 1946 to 1952, he was head of the dental prosthetics department of a Special Hospital in Riga. In 1953, he was demobilized from the Soviet Army and assigned to work as a dentist at the Riga City Children’s Polyclinic.

He was awarded the medal “For the Victory over Germany” and the Order of the Red Star.