Jewish Encyclopedia of Russia
Surnames starting with the letter D

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
DAINOVTsvi 1832Slutsk, Minsk1877London, UkRabbiGlusker Maggid2167
DAITSIosifAbramovich1897Genichesk, Tavria1954KharkovArtist 2168
D'AKTIL  1890Irkutsk, Siberia1942PermAuthorAnatoliy Adolfovich Frenkel2149
DALINDavidYulevich1889Rogachev, Mogilev1962UsaPoliticsLevin2170
DALINMarkAleksandrovich1906Baku  Chemistry 2171
DALINVictorMoiseevich1902Odessa1985MoscowHistory 2169
DAMESHEKWilliam 1900Voronezh1969New YorkMedicine 2172
DAMSKYAbramIsaakovich1906Kovno1988MoscowArchtect 2173
DANFedor Ilich 1871St. Petersburg1947New YorkPoliticsGurvich2176
DANIeshayagu 1910Lipkany, Bessarabia1994Tel-AvivPublic FigureShaika2174
DANIELOVM. 1900Dvinsk, Vitebsk1940MoscowAuthorMordekhay Meerovich2182
DANIELOVMoiseyIsaakovich1909Velistsikhe1994JerusalemEntertainment Director 2177
DANIELOVYulyMarkovich1925Moscow1989MoscowAuthor 2183
DANILEVSKYAleksandrYakovlevich1838Kharkov1923PetrogradBiochemistry 2178
DANILEVSKYVasilyYakovlevich1852Kharkov1939KharkovPhysiologist 2179
DANINDaniilSemionovich1914Vilna  Author 2180
DANISHEVSKYGrigoryMikhailovich1890Moscow1971MoscowMedicine 2181
DANSKERIsaakMoiseevich1896St. Petersburg1965SverdlovskMusic 2184
DANTSIGBorisMoiseevich1886Nezhin, Chernigov1973MoscowEastern Stady 2185
DANTSIGMayVolfovich1930Minsk  Artist 2186
DANTSISMordkhe 1885Medzhibozh, Podolia1952New YorkAuthor 2188
DANYUSHEVSKYIzrailIsaakovich1890Kobylnik, Vilna1950MoscowEducation 2187
DARDavidYakovlevich1910St. Petersburg1980JerusalemAuthorRivkin2189
D'ARABELLAItskhak 1835Kremenchug, Poltava1910TunisMedicineAmchislavsky2150
DARAN  1894Voronezh1964MoscowArtistDaniil Borisovich Raikhman2190
DARDAKIeguda 1898Iliya, Vilna? Author 2191
DASHEVSKYAronIzrailevich1904Rzhishchev, Kiev  Medicine 2192
DASHEVSKYPinkhasIzrailevich1879Korostyshev, Kiev1934 Politics 2193
DASHEVSKYTsvi-Gersh 1888Ekaterinoslav1926VilnaAuthor 2194
DASHEVSKYYakovSergeevich1902Kherson1972MoscowMilitary 2195
DAVARASHVILIGavrielRakhamimovich1896Tskhinvali, Georgia1985JerusalemRabbi 2151
DAVARASHVILIMosheRakhamimovich1893Tskhinvali, Georgia1980JerusalemRabbi 2152
DAVARASHVILIYakovRakhamimovich1902Tskhinvali, Georgia1986JerusalemRabbi 2153
DAVIDItskhakKhaimovich1944Tbilisi  Eastern Stady 2154
DAVIDTatyanaNikolaevna1907Odessa1986LeningradArtist 2155
DAVIDOVAvgustYulievich1823Libava, Kurlandia1886MoscowMathematician 2157
DAVIDOVICHBellaMikhailovna1928Baku  Music 2158
DAVIDOVICHDavidSamoilovich1907Kholm1990MoscowHistory 2159
DAVIDOVICHElenaAbramovna1922Krasnoyarsk, Siberia  History 2160
DAVIDOVSKYYakovLvovich1897Novogrudok, Minsk1938MoscowMilitary 2161
DAVIDSONApallonBorisovich1929Ermakovo,ural  History 2162
DAVIDSONIosef 1880Warsaw1947 Medicine 2163
DAVIDZONIsroel 1870Yanovo, Grodno1939New YorkPhilologistMoshovich2156
DAVITASHVILIImmanuil 1908Akhaltsikhe, Georgia1985Kirat-Ata, IsraelRabbi 2164
DAVITASHVILIMikhail 1914Kutaisi, Georgia1991Tbilisi, GeorgiaJournalism 2165
DAVYDOVBorisIosifovich1908St. Petersburg1963MoscowPhysics 2166
DEBORINAbramMoiseevich1881Upino, Kiev1963MoscowSociologyIoffe2205
DEGTYARMotyaIzrailevich1909Ptich, Mogilev1939 Author 2206
DEICHAleksandrIosifovich1893Kiev1972MoscowLiterature Study 2209
DEICHJohn Alexander 1867Kovno1939New YorkUnion Leader 2210
DEICHLevGrigorevich1855Tulchin, Podolia1941 AuthorLeib-Girsh2211
Surname Given name Patronymic Birth date Birth place Death date Death place Occupation aka (other name) Entry number
DEIGENMokhailFedorovich1918Proskurov, Podolia1977KievPhysics 2207
DEINARDEfraim 1846Sasmaken, Kurlandia1930Sant-Luis, UsaBibliographer 2208
DEKTERAaron 1913Odessa  Public Figure 2212
DEKTORFeliksAdolfovich1930Minsk  Author 2213
DELONESonya 1885Gradizhsk, Poltava1979ParisArtistTerk2214
DELSONVictorYulevich1909St. Petersburg1970MoscowMusicIdelson2215
DELYANULiviuSemionovich1911Yassy, Rumania1967KishinevAuthorLipa Samuilovich Kligman2216
DEMBOAleksandrGrigorevich1908St. Petersburg  Medicine 2217
DEMBOGrigoryIsaakovich1872Balta, Podolia1939LeningradMedicine 2218
DEMBOIsaakAleksandrovich1848Kovno1906PetrogradMedicine 2219
DEMIDCHIKVladimirPavlovich1930Borisov, Minsk1987Dushanbe, TadjikistanEastern Stady 2220
DEMINAnatoliySergeevich1935Baku  Literature Study 2221
DERGACHYOVAMariaAbramovna1950Rybinsk, Yaroslavl  Archtect 2222
DERMANAbramBorisovich1880Lisichansk, Ekaterinoslav1952MoscowLiterary CriticBerkovich2223
DERMANGrigoryLvovich1889Bakhmut, Ekaterinoslav1983KharkovMedicine 2224
DERNOVSKYGrigoryBorisovich1910Kulevo,vitebsk1974TalinMilitary Hero 2225
DESHALYTEfimIsakovich1921Moscow  Artist 2227
DESSLEREliyagu Elieaer 1891Gomel, Mogilev1954Bene-Berak, IsraelZionist 2226
DEVIDSONIsrael 1870Ionava1939 Literature Study 2364
DIAMANTGirshYakovlevich1911Veliky, Lug, Volyn1943 Author 2235
DIKAizik-Meer 1814Vilna1893VilnaAuthorItskhok2238
DIKANPaltiel 1885Vileika, Liflandia1965 LawyerDikstein2239
DIKENSHTEINGrigoryKhaimovich1911Sevastopol, Crimea1990MoscowGeology 2240
DIKERMANNatanIosifovich1908Polonnoe, Volyn1983MoscowPublic Figure 2241
DIKMANShlomo 1917Warsaw1965JerusalemTranslator 2242
DIKSHTEINSamuel 1885Vilna1954New YorkPolitics 2244
DIKSHTEINSamuelRafailovich1851Warsaw1939WarsawMathematician 2243
DIKSHTEINSemionRafailovich1858Warsaw1884SwitzerlandPoliticsShimon, Mlot2245
DILONAvrom-Moishe 1883 1934New YorkAuthorZukhovitsky2246
DIMANSHTEINSemionMarkovich1886Sebezh, Vitebsk1937 Public FigureShimon2247
DIMENTBERGFedorMenasevich1908Odessa  Physics 2248
DINEZONYakov 1856Novy Zagor, Kovno1919WarsawAuthor 2249
DINKEVICHAnatoliyIosifovich1923Kiev  Eastern Stady 2250
DINURBentsion 1884Khorol, Poltava1973JerusalemAuthorDinaburg2251
DIONEO  1864Elizavetgrad, Kherson1935London, UkAuthorIsaak Vladimirovich (Vulfovich) Shklovsky2252
DISENCHIKArye 1907Riga1978Ramat-Gan, IsraelPolitics 2253
DISKINMordekhay 1844Grodno1914JaffaAuthor 2254
DISKINMoshe Iegoshua-Ieguda-Leib 1817Grodno1898JerusalemRabbiBrisker2255
DIVIERAntonManuilovich1682 1745St. PetersburgPublic FigureDivier; Devier; De'er2236
DIZENGOFMeerYankelevich1861Akimovichi, Bessarabiya1936Tel-AvivPolitics 2237
DLUGIMaksim 1966Moscow  Chess 2256
DMITRIEVAleksandrDmitrievich1832Mitava, Kurlandia1899St. PetersburgPerforming ArtAron Garfeld2257
DOBINEfimSemionovich1901Korsun, Kiev1977LeningradAuthor 2259
DOBINGirshIzrailevich1905Zhlobin, Mogilev  Author 2258
DOBINMotya 1880Proskurov, Podolia1942Cc Treblinka, PolandAuthor 2260
DOBINShimon-Shimoini 1869Bobr, Mogilev1944LeningradAuthor 2261
DOBRODZHANU-GERYAKonstantin 1855Slavyanka, Kharkov1920BukharestRevolutionarySolomon Kats2263
DOBROKHOTOVAAnnaAdolfovna1878 1925Ryazan, RussiaRevolutionaryMarfusha2264
DOBRUSHINIekheskelMoiseevich1883Mutin, Chernigov1953 Literary Critic 2266
DOBRUSHINRolandLvovich1929Leningrad  Mathematician 2267
DOBRUSKINAGenriettaNikolaevna1862Rogachev, Mogilev1945MoscowRevolutionaryMikhailova2265
Surname Given name Patronymic Birth date Birth place Death date Death place Occupation aka (other name) Entry number
DODINLevAbramovich1940Leningrad  Entertainment Director 2270
DOIV-BERFrom Lyubavichi 1773Lyady, Mogilev1827Nezhin, ChernigovTsadik 2271
DOIV-BERFrom Mezherich 1704Lokachi,volyn1772Annopol,volynRabbiMezherich Magid2272
DOKSHITSERTimofeyAleksandrovich1921Nezhin, Chernigov  Music 2273
DOLGOPOLSKYAronBorisovich1930Moscow  Eastern Stady 2274
DOLGOPOLSKYTsodekLvovich1879Gorodok, Vitebsk1959MinskAuthor 2275
DOLINAVeronikaArkadevna1956Moscow  Author 2278
DOLININArkadySemionovich1880Monastyrshchina, Mogilev1968LeningradLiterature StudyIskoz2279
DOLITSKYMenakhem-Mendl 1858Belostok, Grodno1931Los-Angeles, CaAuthor 2280
DOLMATOVSKYYevgenyAronovich1915Moscow  Author 2281
DOLNIKSolomonBorisovich1901Rudnya, Mogilev? Engineering 2282
DOLZHANSKYAleksandrNaumovich1908Rostov-On-Don1966LeningradMusic 2276
DOLZHANSKYYuryMoiseevich1923Vesyolye Terny, Ekaterinoslav1943 Military Hero 2277
DOMBROVSKYYuryOsipovich1909Moscow1978MoscowAuthor 2283
DOMSHLAKMoiseyPavlovich1903 1971MoscowMedicine 2284
DON-AMINADO  1888Elizavetgrad, Kherson1957ParisAuthorAminad Petrovic (Aminadov Peisakhovich) Shpolyansky2285
DON-IKHIEIeguda-Leib 1869Drissa, Vitebsk1941Tel-AvivRabbiDonchin2286
DONSKOYMarkSemionovich1901Odessa1981MoscowPerforming Art 2287
DORFMANIosifDavidovich1952Zhitomir, Volyn  Chess 2291
DORFMANYakovGrigorevich189/8St. Petersburg1974MoscowPhysics 2292
DORMANLevIsaakovich1929Bratslav, Vinnitsa  Physics 2288
DORONEliezer 1910Kishinev  DiplomacySpektor2289
DOROSHEfimYakovlevich1908Elizavetgrad, Kherson1972MoscowAuthor 2290
DOSSERZinovyNikolaevich1882 1938 RevolutionaryLeshchiy,semyon Petrovich2293
DOSTROVSKYIsrael 1918Odessa  Physical-Chemistry 2294
DOVGALEVSKYValerianSavelevich1885 1934ParisPoliticsSaulovich2268
DOVLATOVSergeyDanatovich1941Ufa1990New YorkAuthor 2269
DRABKINAbramNotovich1844Mogilev1917PetrogradRabbi 2295
DRABKINIzrailEfimovich1907Kopyl, Minsk1971LeningradGeology 2296
DRAGUNSKYDavidAbramovich1910Svyatsk1992MoscowMilitary 2298
DRAGUNSKYVictorYuzefovich1913New York1972MoscowAuthor 2297
DRECHINSemionVladimirovich1914Minsk  Ballet DancerVulfovich2303
DREIDENSimonDavydovich1905St. Petersburg1991MoscowTheater 2301
DREIZINIosif 1843Minsk1894WarsawAuthor 2302
DREYMikhailIvanivich1860Odessa1940MoscowRevolutionaryIonatanovich2300
DREZNINSergeyGrigorevich1955Moscow  Music 2299
DRINFELDVladimirGershonovich1954Kharkov  Mathematician 2306
DRIZShikeOvseevich1908Krasnoe, Podolia1971MoscowAuthorOvsey2304
DRIZOVSKYSemionBorisovich1920Nevel, Vitebsk  Military Hero 2305
DROBNERBolislav 1883Krakov, Avstro-Hungary1968 Politics 2307
DROBNISYakovNaumovich1890Glukhov, Chernigov1937MoscowPolitics 2308
DROGOBICHERIarail-Nakhman Ben Iosif 18 VekOstrog, VolynBeg.19c.Tsfat, IsraelRabbi 2309
DROPKINJohn 1910Bobruisk, Minsk  Physics 2310
DRUKDavid 1883Kreitsburg, Vitebsk1943New YorkAuthor 2312
DRUKVladimirYakovlevich1957Moscow  Author 2311
DRUKAREVGrigoryFilippovich1919Moscow1986LeningradPhysics 2313
DRUKERIrmaKhaimovich1906Chernobyl, Kiev1982OdessaAuthor 2314
DRUKERSof'iaYurevna1906Kopys, Mogilev  Singer 2315
DRUSKINMikhailSemionovich1905Kiev1991LeningradMusic 2316
DRUSKINYakovSemionovich1902 1980LeningradAuthor 2317
DRUYANOVAlter 1870Druya, Vilna1938Tel-AvivAuthorAvrom-Abe-Osher2318
Surname Given name Patronymic Birth date Birth place Death date Death place Occupation aka (other name) Entry number
DUAYakov-Kopl 1898Warsaw1942WarsawAuthor 2319
DUBASHINSKYIosifAbramovich1919Novoukrainka, Kherson  Literature Study 2320
DUBILETMoisheIosifovich1897Dmitrovka, Kherson1941 Literary Critic 2321
DUBINMordekhay 1889 1956Tula, RussiaPolitics 2322
DUBINCHIKAleksandrMendelevich1922Moscow  Artist 2329
DUBINOVSKYLazarIsaakovich1910Faleshty, Bessarabia1982KishinevSculptor 2323
DUBINSKYAleksandrMarkovich1906Cherkassy, Kiev1982MoscowHistory 2324
DUBINSKYDavid 1892Brest-Litovsk, Grodno1982New YorkUnion Leader 2325
DUBINSKYDavidAleksandrovich1920Novorossiysk1960MoscowArtist 2326
DUBINSKYIlyaVladimirovich1898Butenki, Poltav1989MoscowMilitaryYudovich2327
DUBINSKYShayaMikhelevich1900Belaya Tserkov, Kiev1983KievTranslator 2328
DUBNOVSemionMarkovich1860Mstislavl, Mogilev1941 History 2330
DUBNOVYakovSemionovich1887Mstislavl, Mogilev1957MoscowMathematician 2332
DUBNOVZeev 1858Mstislavl, Mogilev1940MoscowPublic Figure 2331
DUBROVINBorisSavvovich1926Moscow  AuthorGall2333
DUBROVINIoav 1831 1935 Public Figure 2334
DUBROVITSKYMoisheIosifovich? 1937 Author 2335
DUBROVSKYBorisYakovlevich1939Moscow  Sport 2336
DUBROVSKYKonstantinVladimirovich1879Irkutsk, Siberia1943ChelyabinskAuthorKats2337
DUBSONMikhailIosifovich1899Smolensk1961LeningradCinematography 2338
DUBYANSKYAleksandsrMarkovich1900St. Petersburg1920KievMusic 2339
DUDNIKGenadiyMikhailovich1924Moscow1993MoscowPerforming Art 2340
DUKELSKYVladimirMarkovich1900Gievka, Kharkov1983 Physics 2341
DUKHOVICHMoishe-Khaim 1874Starobin, Minsk1951MexicoAuthor 2352
DULITSKYSemionOsipovich1883Izmail, Bessarabia1956MoscowMedicine 2342
DULTSINArye 1913Minsk1989Tel-AvivPublic Figure 2343
DULTSINMarkSolomonovich1904Minsk1969MoscowMedicine 2344
DUMANLazarIsaevich1907St. Petersburg1979MoscowEastern Stady 2345
DUNAEVSKYIsaakOsipovich1900Lokhvitsa, Poltava1955MoscowMusicIosifovich2347
DUNAEVSKYVladimirAntonovich1919Ekaterinoslav  History 2346
DUNETSKhaizekilMoiseevich1899 1937 Literary CriticKhaskel2349
DUNETSMoiseyNatanovich1889Odessa1913GermanyPilot 2348
DUNSKYYulyTeodorovich1922Moscow1982MoscowAuthor 2350
DURNOVLevAbramovich1931   Medicine 2351
DUSHMANLeon 1886Vilna1941MinskAuthor 2353
DUSHMANSaul 1883Rostov-On-Don1954 Physical-Chemistry 2354
DVOILATSKYSholomMoiseevich1893Zhigory, Kovno1937MoscowEconomy 2196
DVOIRISSemionIsaakovich1958Chelyabinsk, Ural  Chess 2197
DVORETSKYArye 1916Khorol, Poltava  Mathematician 2198
DVORETSKYMikhailIzrailevich1947Moscow  Chess 2199
DVORINSaveliyMikhailovich1908 1968 Theater 2200
DVORKINIlyaNaumovich1902   EconomyIzrail2203
DVORKINZalman-Shimon 1907Rogachev, Mogilev1985New YorkRabbi 2201
DVORKINZinovyYakovlevich1907Zhlobin, Mogilev1983MoscowMilitary 2202
DVUKHBABNYIsaakShaevich1922Talnoe, Kiev1943Kerch, CrimeaMilitary Hero 2204
DYKHNEAleksandrMikhailovich1938   Physics 2360
DYKHOVICHNYIvanVladimirovich1947   Performing Art 2362
DYKHOVICHNYVladimirAbramovich1911Moscow1963MoscowAuthor 2361
DYKHOVICHNYYuryAbramovich1926Moscow  Engineering 2363
DYMOVOsip 1878Belostok, Grodno1959New YorkAuthorIosif Isidorovich Perelman2355
DYMSHITSVeniaminEmmanuilovich1910Feodosia, Crimea1993MoscowPublic Figure 2356
Surname Given name Patronymic Birth date Birth place Death date Death place Occupation aka (other name) Entry number
DYMSHITSZalmanMovshevich1921Yanevichi, Vitebsk1990MoscowEastern StadySemyon Moiseevich2357
DYNKINYevgenyBorisovich1924Leningrad  Mathematician 2358
DYSKINEfimAnatolevich1923Korotkaya, Bryansk  Medicine 2359
DZHANASHVILIMordekhayIsaakovich1929Tiflis (Tbilisi, Georgia)1988JerusalemArtistMikhail2228
DZHEKOBSONNatan 1910Warsaw  Mathematician 2229
DZHIDZHIKHASHVILIRomanYakovlevich1944Tbilisi  Chess 2231
DZHIGITEfimLvovich1902Moscow1964MoscowEngineering 2230
DZIGANEfimLvovich1898Moscow1981MoscowCinematography 2233
DZYALOSHINSKYIgorIekhilevich1931Moscow  Physics 2234
Surname Given name Patronymic Birth date Birth place Death date Death place Occupation aka (other name) Entry number