Trainin Mordukh (Morduch) Osherovich (16 August 1915, Riga) — musician.

Mordukh Trainin was the son of Osher Trainin (killed during the Great Patriotic War in 1942) and Malka Trainina (d. 1939, Riga). He completed nine classes of secondary school.

In 1935–1936, he worked at the “Maiznieks” bakery; in 1936–1938, he served in the Latvian Army; in 1938–1941, he again worked at the “Maiznieks” bakery. In 1941–1942, he fought on the fronts of the Second World War, where he was wounded. In 1942–1943, he was treated in an evacuation hospital in Sverdlovsk.

In 1943–1944, he was a musician in the Latvian State Ensemble (Ivanovo). After returning to Riga, he worked as a musician for the Riga Trust of Restaurants and Cafés (1944–1965) and later for the Bureau of Variety Orchestras (1965–1969).

In marriage with Sora Teodorovna Trainina (née Datel) (1924, Riga), two daughters were born: Malka Mordukhovna Trainina (1945, Riga) and Stella Mordukhovna Trainina (1953, Riga).

In 1969, Mordukh Trainin received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his wife’s sister, Zhenya Teodorovna Vankhotsker (née Datel) (1921, Riga), was living.

Family:

Osher Trainin (d. 1942) — father
Malka Trainina (d. 1939) — mother
Beyla Osherovna Zorde (née Trainina) (1919–1959) — sister
Sora Teodorovna Trainina (née Datel) (1924) — wife
Malka Mordukhovna Trainina (1945) — daughter
Stella Mordukhovna Trainina (1953) — daughter
Zhenya Teodorovna Vankhotsker (née Datel) (1921) — wife’s sister