Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia
Surnames starting with the letter I

translated by Josif and Vitaly Charny

The following list is a translation of names and minimal personal data for 8,500 people included in Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia (Rossiyskaya Evreiskaya Entsiclopediya); first edition; 1995, Moscow.

Famous people who are listed in the book, which in fact is a biographical dictionary, were born in Russia, the USSR, the Russian Empire, or lived there. This is the first edition of this kind in Russia and a large group of specialists from Russia, Israel and other countries participated in the project.

There are many more well known people in Russia to be included in the next edition of the book. We have to remember that the success of many of these people was achieved against all odds related to limited opportunities that Jews had in Russia.

The translation is an attempt to inform people about this additional source available for researchers.

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Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number
IDELSON	Abrakham Tsvi		1882	Filtsburg, Kurlandia	1938	Johannesburg, South Africa	Music		2635
IDELSON	Avraam		1865	Vekshnyai, Kovno	1921	Berlin, Germany	Author		2636
IDELSON	Beba		1895	Ekaterinoslav	1975	Tel-Aviv	Union Leader	Trakhtenbereg	2637
IDELSON	Israel		1895	Konotop, Chernig	1965	Yagur Israel	Public Figure	Bar-Iekhudi	2639
IDELSON	Jerry		1893	Libava, Kurlandia	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Misic		2638
IDELSON	Lev	Iosifovich	1930	Baku			Medicine		2640
IDELSON	Naum Ilich		1885	St. Petersburg	1951	St. Petersburg	Physics		2641
IDLIS	Grigory	Moiseevich	1928	Penza			Astronomer		2642
IEGUDA	Tsvi		1888		1964	Israel	Politics	Zaltsman	2644
IEGUDA	Zhoze		1892		1966		Author		2643
IERUSALIMSKY	Moishe-Nokhum Ben Veniamin		1855	Bershad, Podolia	1916	Khorol, Poltava	Rabbi		2645
IGIN	Iosif Ilich		1910	Propoisk, Mogilev	1975	Moscow	Artist	Ginzburg	2633
IGNATOV	David		1885	Brusilov, Kiev	1954	New York	Author	Ignatovsky	2634
ILF	Ilya	Moiseevich	1897	Odessa	1937	Moscow	Author	Ilya Arnoldovich Fainzilberg	2661
ILIN	Ilya	Moiseevich	1893	Ananev, Kherson	1973	Kishinev	Party Functionary		2658
ILIN	M.		1895/6	Bakhmut, Ekaterinoslav	1953	Moscow	Author	Ilya Yakovlevich Marshak	2659
ILIN	Yevgeny Ilich		1922	Mogilev	1987	Moscow	Author	Roitman	2657
ILINA	Elena		1901	Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh	1964	Moscow	Author	Liya Yakovlevna Preis	2660
ILIZAROV	Gavriil	Abramovich	1921	Kusary, Azerbaijan	1992	Kurgan	Medicine		2654
ILLAZAROV	Isay	Illazarovich	1920	Nalchik, Caucasus	1944		Military Hero		2655
ILOVSKY	Vladimir	Semionovich	1954				Education		2656
IMYANITOV	Ilya	Moiseevich	1918	Torzhok, Tver	1987	Leningrad	Geophysics		2662
INBER	Vera	Mikhailovna	1890	Odessa	1972	Moscow	Author		2663
INDENBOM	Vladimir	Lvovich	1924	Moscow			Physics		2666
INGER	Aizik	Gennadevich	1925	Ekaterinopol, Kiev			Literature Study		2664
INGER	Grigory	Bentsianovich	1910	Sarny, Volyn			Artist		2665
IO	Mikhail		1895	Vitebsk	1960	Riga, Latvia	Author	Meer Ioffe	2720
IOFAN	Boris	Mikhailovich	1891	Odessa	1976	Moscow	Archtect		2671
IOFAN	Dmitriy	Mikhailovich	1885	Odessa	1961	Moscow	Archtect		2672
IOFE	Victor	Kivovich	1907	Chernigov			Engineering		2673
IOFFE	Abram	Fedorovich	1880	Romny, Poltava	1960	Leningrad	Physics		2675
IOFFE	Aleksandr	Yevseevich	1918	Moscow	1976	Moscow	History		2676
IOFFE	Boris	Lazarevich	1926	Moscow			Physics		2677
IOFFE	Dina		?	Vilna	1943	Cc Treblinka, Poland	Author	Nadezhda	2681
IOFFE	Eliezer Lipa		1882	Khotin, Bessarabia	1942	Nagalal	Zionist		2691
IOFFE	Genrikh	Zinovevich	1928	Moscow			History		2679
IOFFE	Gilel		1864	Bristovka, Ekaterinoslav	1936	Haifa, Israel	Medicine		2680
IOFFE	Ieremiya-Isaevich		1891	Nezhin, Chernigov	1947	Bulduri, Latvia	Art Study		2683
IOFFE	Iosif		1853		1915	New York	Author		2684
IOFFE	Irina	Lvovna	1915	Ekaterinoslav	1989	Moscow	Translator	I.lvova	2685
IOFFE	Isaak	Solomonovich	1900		?		Chemistry		2686
IOFFE	Khiena		1900	Shchuchin, Vilna	1958		Author		2690
IOFFE	Leib		1876	Grodno	1948	Jerusalem	Author		2687
IOFFE	Mikhail	Fadeevich	1907	Priluki, Poltava	1985	Moscow	Military		2688
IOFFE	Mordkhe		1899	Dusyaty, Kovno	1961	New York	Author		2689
IOFFE	Vladimir Ilich		1898	Mglin, Chernigov	1979	Leningrad	Microbiology		2678
IOFFE	Yuda		1873	Bakhmut, Ekaterinoslav	1966	New York	Philologist		2692
IOFFE	Yudl		1882	Borzna, Chernigov	1941	Moscow	Author		2693
IOFFE	Zelik	Aronovich	1903	Dashkovka, Mogilev	1980	Moscow	Engineering		2682
IOFIS	Naum	Abramovich	1913				Engineering		2674
IOGIKHES	Leonid	Iosifovich	1867	Vilna	1919	Berlin, Germany	Union Leader	Yan Tyshka; Grozovsky; Otto Karlov; Engelman	2667
Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number
IOKHELES	Aleksandr	Lvovich	1912	Moscow	1978	Moscow	Music		2694
IOKHELES	Yevgeny	Lvovich	1908	Moscow	1989	Moscow	Archtect		2695
IOKHELSON	Vladimir Ilich		1855	Vilna	1937	Usa	Eastern Stady	Goldovsky, Veniamin	2696
IOLLOS	Grigory	Borisovich	1859	Odessa	1907	Moscow	Author		2668
IONOV	Ilya	Ionovich	1887	Odessa	1942		Publisher		2669
IOSADE	Yakov		1911	Kalvaria, Suvalski			Author		2721
IOSHPE	Alla	Yakovlevna	1937	Moscow			Singer		2722
IOSILOVICH	Isaak	Borisovich	1909		1972	Moscow	Engineering		2670
IPPO	Boris	Mikhailovich	1898	Tikhvin, Novgorod	1937	Moscow	Party Functionary		2697
IRETSKY	Victor	Yakovlevich	1882	Kharkov	1936	Berlin, Germany	Author	Glikman	2700
IRGER	Iosif	Markovich	1910	Minsk	1982	Moscow	Medicine		2698
IRGER	Yuly	Markovich	1897	Minsk	1941	Minsk	Medicine		2699
IRTENEV	Igor	Moiseevich	1947	Moscow			Author		2701
ISAKOVICH	Garold	Grigorevich	1931	Moscow			Archtect		2702
ISAKOVICH	Mikhail	Aleksandrovich	1911	Odessa	1982	Moscow	Physics		2703
ISBAKH	Aleksandr		1904	Dvinsk, Vitebsk	1977	Moscow	Author	Isaak Abramovich Bakhrakh	2704
ISERLIS	Yuly	Davydovich	1888	Kishinev	1968	London, Uk	Music		2705
ISH-SHALOM	Itskhok-Aizik		1875	Kovno	1944	Iakhlat-Itskhak	Rabbi	Fridman	2718
ISH-SHALOM	Mordekhay		1902	Vilna			Public Figure	Fridman	2719
ISSERSON	Georgy	Samnoilovich	1898	St. Petersburg	1976	Moscow	Military		2706
ISUV	Iosif	Grigorevich	1878	Vitebsk	1920	Moscow	Politics	Andreevich	2707
ITELSON	Lev	Borisovich	1926	Baku	1974	Vladimir	Psychology		2708
ITENBERG	Boris	Samuilovich	1921	Klintsy, Gomel			History		2709
ITIN	Lev	Iosifovich	1909		1978	Moscow	Economy		2711
ITIN	Vivian	Azarevich	1893	Ufa	1939		Author		2710
ITKIS	Moisey	Abramovich	1929	Torgovitsa, Volyn			Sport		2712
ITKOVICH	Moishe		1902	Minsk	1986	Moscow	Translator		2713
ITSIKSON	Miron Ilich		1911		1985		Geology		2714
ITSKHOKI	Yakov	Semionovich	1906	Disna, Vilna	1984	Moscow	Engineering		2717
ITSKIN	Maks	Semionovich	1902	Slutsk, Minsk	1965	Leningrad	Medicine		2715
ITSKOVICH	Zelman Ilich		1902	Lubny, Poltava	1965	Moscow	Airplane Designer	Isaakovich	2716
IVANTER	Benyamin	Abramovich	1904	Vilna	1942		Author		2631
IVENITSKY	Avrom		1892	Zhitkovichi, Minsk	1943	Warsaw	Author		2632
IZAK	Grigory	Davydovich	1934	Leningrad			Engineering		2646
IZAKSON	Aleksandr	Mikhailovich	1899	Mogilev	1981	Moscow	Engineering	Izrail Movshevich	2647
IZBAN	Shmuel		1905	Gostinin			Author	Izbitsky	2648
IZGOEV	Aleksandr	Solomonovich	1872	Vilna	1935	Haapsadu, Estonia	Politics	Lande, Aron	2649
IZMAILOV	Lion	Moiseevich	1940	Mogilev			Author	Polyak	2650
IZRAELSON	Yakov	Izrailevich	1856	Mitava, Kurlandia	1924	Liepaia, Latvia	Author		2653
IZRAILEVICH	Leonid	Iosifovich	1909	Rostov-On-Don	1993		Music		2652
IZRAILOV	Tankho	Selimovich	1917	Baku	1981	Moscow	Dancer		2651
Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number

Jewish Encyclopedia of RussiaSurnames starting with the letter I

translated by Josif and Vitaly Charny

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia
Surnames starting with the letter I