Iosif Khazanovich was born in 1844 in Grodno, modern Belarus (died in 1919 in Katerynoslav). Jewish public figure, one of the founders of the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem.
Moses Karpas was born in 1852 in Vilno (now Vilnius) (died in 1917 in Katerynoslav). Patron of educational institutions of Katerynoslav, founder and patron of the network of Jewish charitable organizations of the city. Patron of the migration movement to Israel. He lived in Katerynoslav from 1881 to May 1917.
Menachem Ussishkin was born in 1863 into a wealthy Jewish family in Dubrowna, Mogilev Province (died in 1941 in Jerusalem). Since his father became a merchant of the first guild, he has received the right to move with his family to Moscow.
Beba Idelson (Trachtenberg) was born in Kateryoslav on October 14, 1895 (she died on December 5, 1975, in Tel Aviv, Israel). Activist of the Zionist and women’s movement. Israeli politician and statesman. She lived in Katerynoslav from birth until 1921.
Israel Bar-Yehuda (Idelson) was born on November 15, 1895 in the city of Konotop, Chernihiv Province, Russian Empire (now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine); (Died May 4, 1965, Yagur, Israel). He lived in Katerynoslav from 1900 to 1921. An activist of the Zionist movement. Israeli politician and statesman, Minister of Internal Affairs of Israel, Minister of Transport of Israel. Author of works on the history of Zionism and the labor movement.
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson was born on April 18, 1878 in the town of Piddobryanka, Gomel County, Mogilev Province (he died on August 9, 1944, Almaty, Kazakh SSR). His great-great-grandfather was the third Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch. Levi Yitzchak began to study the Torah under the guidance of Rabbi Piddobryanka Yoei Haikin, his mother’s uncle. The student quickly surpassed his teacher and continued to study the sacred texts on his own.
Chana Schneerson was born on January 12, 1880 in Nikolayev (died September 12, 1964, New York, USA).
Menachem Mendel Schneerson was born on April 18, 1902 in Mykolaiv (died June 12, 1994, New York, USA) in the family of one of the most famous rabbis at the time Levi Yitzchak Schneerson. Menachem Mendel’s mother Chana came from wealthy family and was the daughter of Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky. Menachem Mendel spent his child years and youth in Katerynoslav. He received his primary education at home. Simultaneously with the Jewish religious studies, he passed the final exams in the gymnasium externally. During the threatening times of the Civil War, he was one of the leaders of Katerynoslav’s Jewish self-defense.
Gregor Piatigorsky was born on April 17, 1903 in Katerynoslav (died August 6, 1976, Los Angeles, USA) - a world-famous cellist. Founder of the Department of Music at the University of Southern California. Partner of Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz.
Dina Kaminska was born on January 13, 1919 in Katerynoslav (died on July 7, 2006, Falls-Church, Virginia, USA). A Soviet lawyer and human rights activist known for her involvement in Soviet-dissident trials of the 1960s and early 1970s, as well as an American memoirist and radio host on human rights issues. Member of the Moscow Helsinki Group since 1989.
Alexander Ginzburg (Galich) was born on October 19, 1918 in a Jewish family in Katerynoslav (died December 15, 1977, Paris, France). As an adult, A. Ginzburg took the pseudonym Galich (after the first letters of the surname, the name – “Gal”, and the last – after his father – “ich”).
Vadim Sidur was born on June 28, 1924 in Katerynoslav (died June 26, 1986, Moscow, USSR). Sculptor, artist, avant-garde, poet, novelist. One of the classics of sculpture of the 20th century.
Mykhailo Shtein (Shatrov) was born on February 19, 1908 in Katerynoslav (died December 10, 1985, Dnepropetrovsk).
Numa Manson was born on October 26, 1913 in Katerynoslav (died November 2, 1993, France). Soon the family moved to Moscow, in 1923 emigrated to Germany, and three years later finally settled in Paris. The life and scientific activity of the future physicist will be connected with this country. In 1934 Numa Manson graduated from the University of Paris, the following year - the Graduate School of Welding.
