Shortly after graduating from high school in 1941, he was drafted to fight the Nazis when he was just 18. After contracting tuberculosis, he was discharged in 1943 and started law school in Kazan. He graduated from Moscow university in 1948. Whether he was teaching law in Rostov-na-Dony or working in Taganrog, he was always surrounded by friends and love interests – he was a very eligible bachelor until he was 37, when he met Irina. In 1959 they got married, and he never looked back. They spent almost 60 years together.
He often was the funniest guy at the party who had a toast or two (and a drink or a few). But he was also a very serious, detailed-oriented, and hard-working scholar. In 1967 he got his Doctorate in Law and participated in writing the constitution of the USSR. The moment Perestroika came he immediately switched all his unlimited energy to develop legal foundation for the emerging market economy.
He loved working and consulted on issues of corporate and business law until he was 77, quitting only when he and Irina decided to move to the USA to be closer with their son and grandchildren. He continued to consult his former PhD students and enjoyed time with his growing granddaughters. He learned to be proficient on the internet and spent his time listening to different news sites and providing his son with daily summaries of what happened where and how it would affect the Jewish world. His boundless curiosity and strong convictions will be remembered.
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