Aleksandr “Alex” Gershman, 71, of Stamford, died July 8. Born in Riga, Latvia, he was the son of Samuel and Dora (Gorelik) Gershman. He served as an officer in the Tank Corps of the Soviet Union Army for two years, before emigrating to Stamford in 1992. He is survived by his children, Mariya Fye and her husband Steve of Glasgow, Ky., Anna Gershman of Darien, and Yevgeny Gershman and his wife Katarzyna; his grandchildren, Lukas and Dylan Gershman, of Bloomfield, N.J.;  his brother, Vladimir Gershman and his wife Raisa; and  several cousins, nieces, and nephews. He was also predeceased by his two sisters who died in infancy.