Abram* Meische Rubanovitsch

• His father Josel Rubanovich was a cantonist soldier in Russian imperial army. Cantonists were recruited from jewish families at the age of 12 and after 6 years education had to serve for 25 years before discharge. He would have entered education in 1842, service in 1848 and discharged in 1873.
• According to translation of Vyborg census in 1870 his father was already living in Vyborg and he was born in Vyborg in December 1871. https://www.amitys.com/webtrees/source.php?sid=S159&ged=Gedcom.ged
• In Vyborg census 1870, there were 71 jewish men and 48 jewish women (including children) living in the city. 32 of them lived in the army garrison and 74 in the St. Petersburg suburb close to the garrison. 107 inhabitants had hebrew as their mother tongue, of which 27 belonged to lower bourgeoisie or equivalent and 80 were of a lower class. 227 inhabitants were born in Poland. http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/67272
• From 1874 to 1889 (ages 3 to 18 years) he was living with family in their own house in Vyborg, Getgatan, house No. 141 St. Petersburg suburb. According to a official inquiry into house provenance in 1912 his father bought the wooden house on a lot of 76 square meters with an adjacent garden lot of 444 square meters from non-commisioned officer Josef Masalitoff on December 16th, 1873. : Suomalainen Wirallinen Lehti, 25.05.1912, nro 119, s. 6 https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/1296759?page=6 Kansalliskirjaston digitaaliset aineistot
• In a city map from 1870s the house was located (141 left to marking VI) close to the garden lot and army barracks. Market booths (marking "m") where the family business was located are on the shoreline right to the strait's castle island marked with "I" on the map (a .pdf file behind the link): https://www.digicarelica.fi/Custom_modules/Lappeenranta/Documents/l...
• Official residence file mentioning his father in house n:o 141 in 1873: Viipurin läänin henkikirjat - Vi:117 Henkikirja 1873-1873, jakso 674, sivu 2289: Wiborg: St. Petersburgska Förstaden; Kansallisarkisto: https://astia.narc.fi/uusiastia/viewer/?fileId=5666024814&aineistoI... / Viitattu 27.10.2023
• Official residence file mentioning his father in house n:o 141 in 1887: Viipurin läänin henkikirjat - Vi:165 Henkikirja 1887-1887, jakso 816, sivu 3952: Wiborg: Peterburgska förstaden 140g, 141, 142, 143-151; Kansallisarkisto: https://astia.narc.fi/uusiastia/viewer/?fileId=5686098825&aineistoI... / Viitattu 27.10.2023
• His father died in 1888, the testament lists the following heirs; Widow Frejga, Ilzka (Isak), 32 years, Mendel 26 years, Sender 20 years, Hanke (Hanna), 24 years and Moisei 18 years.: Suomalainen Wirallinen Lehti, 25.05.1912, nro 119, s. 6 https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/1296759?page=6 Kansalliskirjaston digitaaliset aineistot
• His mother, widow Frejga obtains a permission from local lower court to sell the house on December 23, 1889 for a sum of 2775 marks, corresponding to 17 000€ in 2022 value : Viipurin raastuvanoikeuden renovoidut tuomiokirjat - RO a:18 Varsinaisten asioiden pöytäkirjat 1889-1889, jakso 123; Kansallisarkisto: https://astia.narc.fi/uusiastia/viewer/?fileId=4932357821&aineistoI... / Viitattu 3.11.2023
• In 1888 plans were made to purge the Jews in Turku and, above all, in Vyborg. In September 1888, the guardians of Jewish families were summoned to the police station for a detailed investigation: the reasons for the Jews' residence, age, occupation, family relations, family background and former place of residence were checked and recorded. The persons questioned were then awaiting the police statement and the decision of the governor. On 15 October, the heads of the 34 families were again summoned to the police chamber to hear the decision of the governor. From Vyborg, where at that time 208 Jews (52 families) lived, the governor of the province, J.A. Gripenberg, proposed the deportation of 125 persons (34 families) within six months. On 29 March 1889 the Senate published a new Jewish decree: the decree granted certain named families the right to remain in Finland - in the places permitted for the time being: Helsinki, Turku, Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Vyborg (where 32 families were allowed to stay), Hamina, Sortavala, Suistamo or Impilahti parish, Kuopio and Vaasa. From these places, Jews were only allowed to move to Helsinki or Vyborg: https://www.jcviipuri.org/historia
• In the list of Narva jews 1902 (page 25), He is mentioned on the same page with his brother Sender and next to his sister-in-law Pesche, whose shop in the Kreutzer mall he was apparently working in https://muuseum.jewish.ee/Genealogy/Narva.pdf
• Passport application in May 1933 for travel to Germany: https://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=ERA.1.2.970:6
• Was the owner of the building in Tallinn 23 Pärnu Rd.
• Nationalization of his clothing enterprise "A.Rubanovitsch ja pojad" in september 1940: https://www.ra.ee/dgs/_purl.php?shc=ERA.R-13.1.431:1
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Talle kuulus elumaja Tallinnas aadressil Pärnu mnt. 23 (pärast tema surma oli natsionaliseeritud). 14. veebruaril 1944 selles majas toimus Eesti Vabariigi Rahvuskomitee esimene kogunemine (vt. https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eesti_Vabariigi_Rahvuskomitee).

Was the owner of the building in Tallinn 23 Pärnu Rd.