Baranova Irina Moiseevna (1955)

Baranova (née Shpigelskaya) Irina Moiseevna (b. 5.10.1955, Chechelnyk, Vinnytsia region, Ukraine) – engineer-economist.

Irina Baranova was born into the family of Moisei Davidovich Shpigelsky (b. 1932, Chechelnyk) and Hanna Yudkovna Shpigelskaya (née Shnaider) (b. 1934, Chechelnyk).

She studied in Riga at Eight-Year School No. 42 (1963–1971) and graduated from Secondary School No. 10 (1971–1973). In 1973, she enrolled in the evening division of the Faculty of Economics at the Latvian State University while working as a laboratory assistant at the REZ factory (1973–1975). In 1975, she transferred to the full-time division, graduating in 1979.

After graduation,Irina Baranova was assigned to work as engineer at REZ factory (1979–1980). Later she worked as engineer in the experimental department of the Special Design Bureau for Chemicalisation “Soyuzbytkhim” (1980–1983).

From 1983 to 1985, she was a homemaker.

Family and Emigration

In her marriage to Viktor Ilyich Baranov (b. 1955, Riga), they had a son Dan Viktorovich Baranov (b. 1977, Riga)

In 1985, Irina Baranova received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her husband’s stepfather’s twin sister, Liza Zamuelovna Weistrach (b. 1925, Riga), had been living since 1958.

Family Members:

  • Shpigelsky Moisei Davidovich (b. 1932) – father

  • Shpigelskaya (née Shnaider) Hanna Yudkovna (b. 1934) – mother

  • Shpigelsky Alexander Moiseevich (b. 1958, Gatchina, Leningrad region) – brother

  • [[en:people:baranov_viktor|Baranov Viktor Ilyich]] (b. 1955) – husband

  • Baranov Dan Viktorovich (b. 1977) – son

  • Weistrach Liza Zamuelovna (b. 1925) – husband’s aunt