Polishchuk Zisla Davidovna (1925)

Polishchuk (née Sorokina) Zisla (Sisla) Davidovna (15 October 1925, Varakļāni) — work-rate setter (norm planner).

Zisla Polishchuk was the daughter of David Sorokin (1897–1976, Riga) and Nekhama Sorokina (1896–1978, Riga). From 1941 to 1943, she worked as a labourer at the Proletary collective farm in Gorky Region. From 1943 to 1945, she worked at Military Hospital No. 1798 in Gorky.

In 1945 she returned to Latvia and until 1951 worked as a cost accountant at the catering unit of the Latvian Railway ORS (Workers’ Supply Department). In 1952, she worked as a cost accountant at the Sport restaurant. From 1953 to 1985, she was a work-rate setter at the enterprise Kavkaz of the Kirov District Public Catering Trust in Riga. Since 1985, she has been retired.

She was awarded the honorary badge “Shock Worker of the Ninth Five-Year Plan”, as well as the medals “For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of V. I. Lenin” and “Veteran of Labour.”

In her first marriage to Arkady Polishchuk (1923, Odessa) she had a son, Semyon Polishchuk (1950, Riga). In her second marriage to Meyer Skorokhod (1926, Višķi) she had a son, Izya Skorokhod (1959, Riga).

In 1990 Zisla Polishchuk received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her brother Borukh Sorokin (1924, Varakļāni). In the 1990s her sister Dina Shteyngart (née Sorokina) (1921, Varakļāni) also lived in Israel.

Family:

Arkady Polishchuk (1923, Odessa) — first husband
Semyon Polishchuk (1950, Riga) — son
Meyer Skorokhod (1926, Višķi) — second husband
Izya Skorokhod (1959, Riga) — son
David Sorokin (1897–1976, Riga) — father
Nekhama Sorokina (1896–1978, Riga) — mother
Dina Shteyngart (née Sorokina) (1921, Varakļāni) — sister
Borukh Sorokin (1924, Varakļāni) — brother