My father Zinoviy (Zalman) Orlikov.
My father was Commercial director in various shops or smaller companies. He would be called a businessman now. He was a good entrepreneur and could develop and start a production process very well. He was good at making contacts with people. And he was successful in his work. My father never became a member of the Communist Party. He was far from any politics, although he read a lot and was a very intelligent man. He could discuss any subjects. He loved humorous literature. I remember him reading Shalom Alehem to me and my mother. The book was written in Yiddish but he interpreted it into Russian. It means that he knew Yiddish well. I remember that we laughed a lot and my father enjoyed such pastime tremendously.
