Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia
Surnames starting with the letter Y

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
YABLONSKAYA	Myuda	Naumovna	1926	Moscow	1990	Moscow	History		8361
YADYKH	Pavel	Arnoldovich	1922	Vinnitsa, Podolia			Conductor		8373
YAGLOM	Akiva	Moiseevich	1921	Kharkov			Mathematician		8368
YAGLOM	Isaak	Moiseevich	1921	Kharkov	1988	Moscow	Mathematician		8369
YAGLOM	Yakov	Kivovich	1898	Brest-Litovsk, Grodno	1939		Union Leader		8370
YAGODA	Genrikh	Grigorevich	1891	Rybinsk, Yaroslavl	1938	Moscow	Public Figure	Genokh Gershovich	8371
YAGUDIN	Yuly	Grigorevich	1907	Starodub, Chernigov	1989	Moscow	Music	Yuda Gilevich	8372
YAKERSON	David	Aronovich	1896	Vitebsk	1947	Moscow	Sculptor		8374
YAKERSON	Semion	Mordukhovich	1956	Leningrad			Linguistics		8375
YAKHIN	Abram	Borisovich	1901		1957	Moscow	Engineering		8447
YAKHNINA	Yuliana	Yakovlevna	1928	Moscow			Translator		8448
YAKHNIS	Boris	Lvovich	1886	Kharkov	1955	Kharkov	Medicine		8449
YAKHOT	Iegoshua		1919	Yaryshev, Podolia			Philosopher	Ovshiy Ovshievich	8450
YAKIR	Iona	Emmanuilovich	1896	Kishinev	1937	Moscow	Military		8376
YAKIR	Petr	Ionovich	1923	Kiev	1982	Moscow	Dessident		8377
YAKIR	Yankel		1908	Skulyany, Bessarabia	1980	Netania, Israel	Author		8378
YAKOBI	Sergey	Semionovich	1801	Potsdam, Prussia	1874	St. Petersburg	Physics		8380
YAKOBSON	Anatoliy	Aleksandrovich	1935	Moscow	1978	Jerusalem	Literature Study	Victor	8382
YAKOBSON	Anatoliy	Leopoldovich	1906	Luga, St.petersburg	1984	Leningrad	Archeologist		8383
YAKOBSON	Avigdor		1869	Simferopol, Crimea	1934	Byorn Shveitsariya	Public Figure	Morits German	8381
YAKOBSON	Gershon		1933	Moscow			Journalism		8384
YAKOBSON	Ilya		1913	Vindava, Kurlandia			Engineering	Brother Of P.m. Yakobson	8388
YAKOBSON	Leonid	Veniaminovich	1904	St. Petersburg	1975	Moscow	Choreographer		8385
YAKOBSON	Natan		1916	Kiev			Public Figure		8386
YAKOBSON	Pavel	Maksimovich	1902		1979	Moscow	Psychology		8387
YAKOBSON	Roman	Osipovich	1896	Moscow	1982	Usa	Linguistics		8389
YAKOBZON	Ludvig	Yakovlevich	1873	Odessa	1943	Leningrad	Medicine		8379
YAKOVLEV	Yury	Yakovlevich	1922	Petrograd (St. Petersburg)			Author		8390
YAKOVLEV	Yakov	Arkadevich	1896	Grodno	1938		Public Figure	Epshtein	8391
YAKUB	Zalman	Iosifovich	1919	Daugavpils, Latvia			History		8392
YAKUBOV	Manashir	Abramovich	1936	Grozny			Music		8393
YAKUBOVSKY	Dmitriy	Olegovich	1963	Moscow			Lawyer		8394
YAKUBOVSKY	Izrail	Semionovich	1924	Cherkassy, Kiev	1944		Military Hero		8395
YAKUBSON	Veniamin	Rubinovich	1861	Vilna	?		Lawyer		8396
YAKUT	Vsevolod	Semionovich	1912	Badaibo, Siberia	1991	Moscow	Performing Art	Abramovich	8397
YALOMSHTEIN	Mordekhai		1835	Suvalki	1897	New York	Journalism		8398
YAMBURG	Yevgeny	Aleksandrovich	1951	Moscow			Education		8399
YAMPOLSKY	Abram Ilich		1890	Ekaterinoslav	1956	Moscow	Music		8400
YAMPOLSKY	Boris	Samoilovich	1912	Belaya Tserkov, Kiev	1972	Moscow	Author		8401
YAMPOLSKY	Izrail	Markovich	1905	Ekaterinoslav	1976	Moscow	Music		8402
YAMPOLSKY	Lev	Grigorevich	1889	Kharkov	1973	Moscow	Music		8403
YAMPOLSKY	Mark Ilich		1879	Ekaterinoslav Gubernia	1951	Moscow	Music		8404
YAMPOLSKY	Mordekhay		1902	Shpola, Kiev	1981	Israel	Sport		8405
YAMPOLSKY	Pavel	Abramovich	1914	Odessa	1975	Moscow	Physics		8406
YAMPOLSKY	Samuil	Moiseevich	1875	Elizavetgrad, Kherson	1965	Kharkov	Medicine		8408
YAMPOLSKY	Yury	Yakovlevich	1938	Moscow			Physical-Chemistry	Syn Ya P A	8407
YAN	Ira		1869		1919		Artist	Slepyan, Ester	8409
YANKIVER	Sima	Borukhovna	1925	Derebchin, Podolia			Eastern Stady		8410
YANKOVSKY	Moisey	Osipovich	1898	Warsaw	1972	Leningrad	Music	Khasin	8411
YANOV	Aleksandr	Lvovich	1930	Odessa			History	Berenboim	8412
YANOVSKAYA	David	Markovich	1868	Volkovysk, Grodno	1927	France	Chess		8415
Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number
YANOVSKAYA	David	Naumovich	1901	Vinnitsa, Podolia	1969	Kiev	Medicine		8416
YANOVSKAYA	Genrieta	Naumovna	1940	Leningrad			Entertainment Director		8413
YANOVSKAYA	Shmuel		1876	St. Petersburg	1944	Tel-Aviv	Public Figure		8417
YANOVSKAYA	Sofia	Aleksandrovna	1896	Pruzhany, Grodno	1966	Moscow	Mathematician		8414
YANTOVSKY	Yevgeny	Isaakovich	1929	Kharkov			Engineering		8418
YAPONCHIK	Mishka		1891	Odessa	1919	Voznesensk, Kherson	Mobster	Moisey Volfovich Vinnitsky	8419
YARCHUK	Efim	Zakharovich	1882 Or 1886	Berezna, Volyn	?		Politics	Khaim Zakharev	8430
YARKHO	Noy		1862	Slutsk, Minsk	1912		Medicine		8429
YARMOLINSKY	Avraam		1890	Gaisin, Podolia	1975		Literature Study		8420
YARMOLNIK	Leonid	Isaakovich	1954	Grodekovo, Primorsky Kray			Performing Art		8421
YARMONENKO	Samuil	Petrovich	1920	Konotop, Chernig			Medicine		8422
YAROSHEVSKY	Arnold	Yakovlevich	1920	Petrograd (St. Petersburg)	1970	Petrograd	Medicine		8427
YAROSHEVSKY	Mikhail	Grigorevich	1915	Kherson			Psychology		8428
YAROSLAVSKY	Emelyan	Mikhailovich	1878	Chita, Transbaikalia	1943	Moscow	Politics		8423
YAROSLAVSKY	Frunze	Emelyanovich	1924	Moscow	1983	Moscow	Military	Son Of E.m. Yaroslavsky	8424
YAROSLAVSKY	Mikhail	Iosifovich	1928	Moscow	1985	Moscow	Physics		8425
YAROSLAVSKY	Yakov	Grigorevich	1896		1957		Entertainment Director	Kogan	8426
YASENSKY	Bruno		1901	Klimontov, Radom	1941		Author	Victor Yakovlevich Zuskind	8431
YASHUNSKY	Gershon		1910	Vilna			Author	Syn Ya I Kh	8452
YASHUNSKY	Iosif	Khaimovich	1881	Grodno	1943	Cc Treblinka, Poland	Author	Vladimirovich	8451
YASIN	Yevgeny	Grigorevich	1934	Odessa			Economy		8432
YASINOVSKY	Izrail		1842	Grodno Gubernia	1917	Warsaw	Public Figure		8433
YASINOVSKY	Leonid	Lazarevich	1923	Kiev			Performing Art		8434
YASINOVSKY	Mikhail	Aleksandrovich	1899	Odessa	1972	Odessa	Medicine		8435
YASINOVSKY	Pinkhas		1886	Ramanovka, Kiev	1954 Or 1955	New York	Music		8436
YASNY	Aleksandr	Markovich	1903	Funduklievka, Kiev	1945		Author	Yanovsky	8437
YASNY	Naun	Khaimovich	1884	Kharkov	1967	Witon, Il	Economy		8439
YASNY	Vadim	Kononovich	1917	Rostov-On-Don			Journalism	Ittin	8438
YASNY-ITTIN	Konon	Grigorevich	1888	Belaya Glina, Kuban	1940		Public Figure		8440
YASSEN	Irina		1893	Romny, Poltava	1957	New York	Author	Rakhil Samoilovna Chekver	8441
YASSER	Iosif	Samuilovich	1893	Lodz	Aft1970		Music	Samoilovich	8442
YASSKY	Khaim		1896	Kishinev	1948	Jerusalem	Medicine		8443
YASTREMSKY	Boris	Sergeevich	1877	Dergachi, Kharkov	1962	Moscow	Economy		8444
YASTROV	Iosif		1863	Warsaw	1944	Usa	Psychology	Joseph	8445
YASTROV	Moris		1861	Warsaw	1921 Or 1922	Philadelphia, Pa	Linguistics History		8446
YAVITS	Zeev-Volf		1847	Kolno, Lomzha	1924	London, Uk	Public Figure		8362
YAVLINSKY	Grigory	Alekseevich	1952	Lvov			Politics		8363
YAVLINSKY	Natan	Aronovich	1912		1962	Moscow	Physics		8364
YAVNEL	Aleksandr	Aleksandrovich	1915	Ekaterinoslav			Astronomer		8365
YAVNIELI	Shmuel		1884	Kazanka, Kherson	1961		Union Leader	Varshavsky	8366
YAVORSKY	Boris	Mikhailovich	1915	Vitebsk	1996	Moscow	Physics		8367
YTIN	Nikolay	Isaakovich	1841	St. Petersburg	1883	St. Petersburg	Revolutionary		6836
YUDASHKIN	Girsh	Khatskelevich	1905	Chernigov	1943		Military Hero		8322
YUDASHKIN	Valentin	Abramovich	1963	Bakovka, Moscow			Artist		8321
YUDASIN	Aleksandr-Senser		1897	Rechitsa, Minsk	1983	Tel-Aviv	Rabbi		8319
YUDASIN	Leonid	Grigorevich	1959	Leningrad			Chess		8320
YUDELOVICH	Moisey	Yakovlevich	1915	Cherkassy, Kiev	1991	Moscow	Engineering		8323
YUDIN	Adolf	Iosifovich	1896	Smolensk	1965	Moscow	Lawyer		8324
YUDIN	Daniil	Lvovich	1916	Nevel, Vitebsk			Engineering		8326
YUDIN	Gavriil	Yakovlevich	1905	Vitebsk	1991	Moscow	Conductor, Music		8325
YUDIN	Isay	Lvovich	1867	Vilna	1937	Paris	Politics	Aizenshtadt	8327
Surname	Given name	Patronymic	Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Occupation	aka (other name)	Entry number
YUDIN	Lazar	Mikhailovich	1907	Konstantinovka, Ekaterinoslav	1981	Kiev	Cinematography		8328
YUDIN	Lev	Abramovich	1937	Moscow			Physics		8329
YUDINA	Maria	Veniaminovna	1899	Nevel, Vitebsk	1970	Moscow	Music		8330
YUDITSKY	Abram		1886	Korsun, Kiev	1943	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Politics	Avrom	8331
YUDOVICH	Mikhail	Mikhailovich	1911	Roslavl, Smolensk	1987	Moscow	Chess		8333
YUDOVICH	Semion	Mikhailovich	1915	Klintsy, Chernigov			Military		8334
YUDOVIN	Solomon	Borisovich	1892	Beshenkovichi, Vitebsk	1954	Leningrad	Artist		8332
YUDOVSKY	Vladimir	Grigorevich	1879 Or 1880	Novodmitrovka, Kherson	1949	Moscow	Politics		8335
YUFA	Iosif	Semionovich	1915	Gorodnya, Chernigov	1974	Moscow	Military Hero		8356
YUGENBURG	Semion	Moiseevich	1891	Velizh, Vitebsk	1971	Samarkand	Economy	Zalman	8318
YUKHVID	Leonid	Aronovich	1909	Gulyay-Pole, Ekaterinoslav	1968	Kiev	Author		8357
YUNG	Klara	Markovna	1883	Zolochev, Kharkov	1952	Moscow	Performing Art	Khaya-Risya Markovna Shpikolitser	8340
YUNICHMAN	Shimshon		1907	Rovny, Volyn	1961	Tel-Aviv	Politics		8341
YUNOVICH	Ieguda		1878	Novogrudok, Minsk	1948		Publisher		8342
YUNOVICH	Sofia	Markovna	1910	St. Petersburg	1996	St Petersburg	Artist		8343
YUREV	Mikhail	Zinovevich	1959	Moscow			Politics		8350
YUREV	Mikhail	Filippovich	1918	Taleneshty, Bessarabia	1990	Moscow	Eastern Stady		8351
YUREVA	Izabella	Danilovna	1899	Rostov-On-Don			Pop Singer		8352
YUROK	Sol		1890	Pogar, Chernigov	1974	New York	Impresario		8348
YUROVSKY	Abram	Zinovevich	1912	Dashev, Kiev	1976	Moscow	Chemistry		8344
YUROVSKY	Aleksandr	Yakovlevich	1921	Tashkent, Central Asia			Journalism		8345
YUROVSKY	Leonid	Naumovich	1884	Odessa	1938	Moscow	Economy		8347
YUROVSKY	Vladimir	Mikhailovich	1915	Tarashcha, Kiev	1972	Moscow	Music		8346
YURSKY	Sergey	Yurevich	1935	Leningrad			Performing Art		8349
YUSEVICH	Yudif	Samoilovna	1901	Bakhmut, Ekaterinoslav	1996	Moscow	Psychology		8353
YUSFIN	Abram	Grigorevich	1926	Buguruslan, Samara			Music		8354
YUSHKEVICH	Adolf	Pavlovich	1906	Odessa	1993	Moscow	Mathematician		8358
YUSHKEVICH	Pavel	Solomonovich	1873	Odessa	1945	Moscow	History		8359
YUSHKEVICH	Semion	Solomonovich	1868	Odessa	1927	Paris	Author		8360
YUTKEVICH	Sergey	Iosifovich	1904	St. Petersburg	1985	Moscow	Cinematography		8355
YUZEFOVICH	Iosif	Sigizmundovich	1890	Warsaw	1952	Moscow	Public Figure		8337
YUZHNY	Yakov	Davidovich	1883	Odessa	1938	Prague	Entertainment Director		8336
YUZOVSKY	Iosif Ilich		1902	Warsaw	1964	Moscow	Art Study		8338
YUZOVSKY	Mikhail	Iosifovich	1940	Moscow			Cinematography		8339
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 Y

translated by Josif and Vitaly Charny

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Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia
Surnames starting with the letter Y