VIKTOR ABRAMOVICH ZALGALLER. TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTHDAY

摘要

Viktor Abramovich Zalgaller was born on December 25, 1920, in the Parfino settlement near Staraya Russa. His family was evacuated there from Petrograd in 1920 because of hunger, and in 1922 returned to Petrograd. Viktor Abramovich lived all his life in Petrograd-Leningrad-St. Petersburg, except the years of war, till retiring and emigration to Israel in the fall of 1999. His father, Abram Leont'evich Zalgaller, was a brilliant engineer. In the beginning of 1931, he was arrested under the ill-famous 58th article of the Criminal Code and sent for 5 years to Vorkuta camps. He was lucky: his case was revised in the end of 1932, and Abram Zalgaller was freed "without removing the previous conviction,'' but he had to remain in the camps as a "civilian servant" up to 1948. Fortunately, he was working in his speciality from the very beginning: participated in exploring the Ukhta oil, conveyance of especially heavy loads, repair of aircrafts, building the railway road Kotlas — Konosha, etc.