Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia
Surnames starting with the letter O

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.

Vitaly Charny

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Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number
OBRAZTSOV	Lev	Mikhailovich	1865		1942	Leningrad	Opera Singer	Shaphirin	4883
OCHERET	Mikhail	Iosifovich	1926	Zhitomir, Volyn	1945	Germany	Military Hero		4971
OERBAKH	Efraim		1892	Beltsi, Bessarabia	1973	Israel	Author		4886
OGIEVETSKY	Victor	Isaakovich	1928	Dnepropetrovsk			Physics		4885
OISLENDER	Nakhum	Yevseevich	1893	Khodorkov, Kiev	1962	Moscow	Literature Study		4890
OISTRAKH	David	Fedorovich	1908	Odessa	1974	Amsterdam, Buried In Moscow	Music		4891
OISTRAKH	Igor	Davidovich	1931	Odessa			Music		4892
OIVIN	Isidor	Abramovich	1909	Odessa	1972	Moscow	Medicine		4888
OIZERMAN	Teodor Ilich		1914	Poplavskoe, Kherson			History		4889
OKERBLOM	Nikolay	Oskarovich	1900		1965	Leningrad	Engineering		4893
OKHNYANSKAYA	Liya	Grigorevna	1919	Rostov-On-Don			Physiologist		4969
OKRUTNY	Iosif	Genrikhovich	1906	Kutno, Warsaw	1991	Buenos-Aires	Author	Iosif Turko	4894
OKSMAN	Yulian	Grigorevich	1895	Voznesensk, Khrson	1970	Moscow	Literature Study		4895
OKUN	Aleksandr	Nisonovich	1949	Leningrad			Artist		4898
OKUN	Lev	Borisovich	1929	Sukhinichi, Kaluga			Physics		4899
OKUN	Semion	Bentsionovich	1907	Klintsy, Chernigov	1972	Leningrad	History		4900
OKUNCHIKOV	Abram	Zinovevich	1904				Performing Art		4897
OKUNEV	Yakov	Markovich	1882	Bendery, Bessarabia	1932	Petropavlovsk	Author	Okun	4896
OLENIN	Boris	Yulevich	1903	Odessa	1961	Moscow	Performing Art	Girshman	4904
OLEVSKY	Buzi	Abramovich	1908	Chernyakhov, Volyn	1941		Author	Boris	4901
OLEVSKY	Mark	Isaevich	1896	Ekaterinoslav	1964	Moscow	Medicine		4903
OLEVSKY	Mark	Zinovevich	1909	Romanovka, Kiev			Engineering		4902
OLGIN	M.		1878	Buki, Kiev	1939	New York	Author		4906
OLITSKY	Leib		1894	Trishki, Kovno	1975	Israel	Author		4905
OLKHOVSKY	Roman	Markovich	1893	Riga	1939		Veterinarian		4910
OLKHOVSKY	Yevgeny		1931	Moscow			History		4911
OLMERT	Ehud		1945	Nakhlat-Zhabotinskii			Politics		4908
OLMERT	Iosef		1950	Tel-Aviv			Politics		4909
OLMERT	Mordekhay		1911	Buguruslan, Samara			Politics		4907
OLSHANETSKY	Aleksandr		1885	Odessa	1946	Atlantic City, Nj	Music		4912
OLSHANETSKY	Iosif	Grigorevich	1917	Kremenchug, Poltava			Author		4913
OLSHVANGER	Emmanuil		1888	Graevo, Lomzha	1961	Jerusalem	Linguistics		4915
OLSHVANGER	Itsik	Shmulevich	1825		1896	St. Petersburg	Rabbi		4914
ONOIKHI	Z.i.		1876 Or 1878	Lyady, Mogilev	1947	Tel-Aviv	Author	Zalman-Itskhok Aronson	4916
OPALOVA	Yevgenia	Emmanuilovna	1900	Bely, Smolensk	1985	Kiev	Performing Art	Azarkh	4917
OPATOSHU	Iosif	Davidovich	1886	Mlava, Plotsk	1954	New York	Author	Iosif-Meer Opatovsky	4918
OPESKIN	Leib		1908	Vilna	1944	Vilna	Author		4919
OPPENGEIM	David	Grigorevich	1899	Vindava, Kurlandia	1994	Moscow	Public Health		4920
ORANSKAYA	Tatyana		1950	Leningrad			Eastern Stady		4922
ORANSKY	Iosif	Mikhailovich	1923	Petrograd (St. Petersburg)	1977	Leningrad	Eastern Stady		4921
OREN	Itskhak		1918	Verkhneudinsk, Transbaikalia			Author	Nadel	4925
ORENSHTEIN	Leo		1895	Kremenchug, Poltava	?		Music		4926
ORGELBRAND	Mavrikiy		1826	Warsaw	1904	Warsaw	Publisher		4924
ORGELBRAND	Shmuel		1810	Warsaw	1868	Warsaw	Publisher		4923
ORLAND	Gersh	Markovich	1893	Tetiev, Kiev	1946	Moscow	Author		4928
ORLAND	Yaakov		1914	Tetiev, Kiev			Author		4929
ORLOV	Aleksandr	Grigorevich	1900	Orsha, Mogilev	1945		Military		4930
ORLOV	Aleksandr	Mikhailovich	1895	Bobruisk, Minsk	1973	Usa	Intelligence	Leib Lazarevich Feldbing	4931
ORLOV	Aleksandr	Moiseevich	1896	Mogilev	1965	Moscow	Lawyer		4932
ORLOV	Dal	Konstantinovich	1935	Razdolnoe, Primorie			Literature Study		4934
ORLOV	Mark	Arturovich	1918	Saratov	1983	Moscow	Archtect	Shulman	4935
Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number
ORLOV	Naum	Iosifovich	1894		1937		Military		4936
ORLOV	Vladimir	Nikolaevich	1908	Voldai, Novgorod	1985	Leningrad	Literature Study	Shapiro	4933
ORLOVA	Khana		1888	Konstantinovka, Ekaterinoslav	1968	Paris	Sculptor		4938
ORLOVA	Raisa	Davydovna	1918	Moscow	1989	Koln, Germany	Literature Study	Liberzon	4937
ORLOVSKAYA	Anna	Abramovna	1894	Orel	?		Opera Singer	Freidenshtein	4939
ORLYUK	Efim		1900		Aft1937		Author	Khaim	4940
ORON	Israela		1952				Military		4941
ORPAZ	Itskhak		1923	Zenkov, Poltava			Author	Averbukh	4942
ORSHANSKY	Ber	Mikhailovich	1884	Gorodok, Vitebsk	1945	Moscow	Author		4944
ORSHANSKY	Ilya	Grigorevich	1846	Ekaterinoslav	1875	Ekaterinoslav	Author		4945
ORSHANSKY	Isaak	Grigorevich	1851	Ekaterinoslav	1923		Physiologist		4946
ORSHER	Iosif	Lvovich	1878	Staroe, Polotava	1942	Leningrad	Journalism	O.l. D'or; Stary Zhurnalist	4947
ORTENBERG	David	Iosifovich	1904	Chudnov, Volyn			Journalism	Vadimov	4943
ORZHIKH	Boris	Dmitrievich	1864	Odessa	1934	Chili	Revolutionary		4927
OSHEROV	Sergey	Aleksandrovich	1931	Moscow	1983	Moscow	Translator		4972
OSHEROVICH	Eli		1879	Ponevezh, Kovno	1937		Author		4975
OSHEROVICH	Girsh	Sholomovich	1908	Ponevezh, Kovno	1994	Tel-Aviv	Author		4973
OSHEROVICH	Mendel		1884	Trostyanets, Podolia	1965	New York	Author		4974
OSHEROVSKY	Matvey	Abramovich	1920	Rostov-On-Don			Performing Art		4976
OSIPOV	Georgy	Lvovich	1929	Moscow			Physics		4948
OSIPOVICH	Naum	Markovich	1870	Ochakov, Kherson	1937	Odessa	Author		4949
OSOVETS	Samuil	Markovich	1911	Kharkov	1983	Moscow	Engineering		4950
OSOVSKY	Grigory	Osipovich	1894	Kiev Gubernia	1938		Intelligence		4951
OSPOVAT	Aleksandr	Lvovich	1948	Moscow			Literature Study		4952
OSPOVAT	Lev	Samoilovich	1922	Kungur, Perm			Literature Study		4953
OSTERMAN	Natan	Abramovich	1916	Kharkov	1969	Moscow	Archtect		4954
OSTROGORSKY	Aleksandr	Yakovlevich	1868		1908	St. Petersburg	Education		4964
OSTROGORSKY	Moisey	Yakovlevich	1852/4		1921	Petrograd	History		4965
OSTROMETSKY	Arkady	Abramovich	1923	Minsk			Music	Abram	4966
OSTROPOLER	Gershele		2-Ya Pol. 18 V.	Balta, Podolia	?	Medzhibozh, Podolia	Badhen, Folk Poet		4967
OSTROVER	Lev	Isaakovich	1889	Plotsk	1962	Moscow	Author		4955
OSTROVSKAYA	Nadezhda	Ilinichna	1881	Kiev	1937		Politics		4956
OSTROVSKY	Abbo		1885	Elizavetgrad, Kherson	1963	New York	Artist		4957
OSTROVSKY	Aleksandr	Markovich	1893	Kiev	1986	Switzerland	Mathematician		4958
OSTROVSKY	Arkady Ilich		1914	Syzran, Simbirsk	1967	Sochi,pokhoronen V Moscow	Music	Avraam	4959
OSTROVSKY	Iosif	Meerovich	1935	Shepetovka, Volyn	1993	Sderot, Israel	Artist		4961
OSTROVSKY	Iosif	Vladimirovich	1934	Dnepropetrovsk			Mathematician		4960
OSTROVSKY	Lev	Aronovich	1934	Vologda			Physics		4962
OSTROVSKY	Mikhail	Arkadevich	1935	Leningrad			Physiologist		4963
OTEN	Nikolay	Davydovich	1907	St. Petersburg	1983	Moscow	Art Study	Potashinsky	4968
OTSEP	Matvey	Aleksandrovich	1884	Moscow	1958	Moscow	Lawyer		4970
OVCHINSKY	Levi	Berkovich	?	Davgelishki, Vilna	?		Rabbi		4884
OZEROV	Lev	Adolfovich	1914	Kiev			Author	Goldberg	4887
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 O

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 O