Skorokhod Riva Abramovna (1922)

Skorokhod (Skorochod) (née Kagan) Riva (Riwa) Abramovna (25 October 1922, Karsava) — sales clerk and cashier.

Riva Skorokhod was the daughter of Abram Kagan (1895, Karsava — 1942, Karsava) and Tauba Kagan (1885, Ludza — 1961, Riga).

In 1937, she completed eight years of education at Karsava Secondary School. From 1938 to 1941, she worked as a shop assistant in shops in Karsava. In 1941, she was evacuated to Gorky Region, where until 1944 she worked as a labourer in the artel “Krasnaya Zvezda”.

In 1945, she returned to Latvia. Until 1946, she worked as a cashier at the Ludza Industrial Combine. From 1946 to 1947, she was a controller at the Control and Accounting Bureau of the Moscow District of Riga. From 1947 to 1949, she worked as a cashier in Shop No. 45 of the 2nd Riga Municipal Food Trade organisation.

Until 1962, she was a homemaker. From 1962 to 1964, she worked as a sales assistant in shops of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Trade organisation in Riga. From 1964 to 1965, she worked as a packer at the firm “Latvija”. From 1965 to 1967, she was a cashier in Riga Canteen No. 58. From 1967 to 1970, she worked as a carton worker at the “Dzintars” factory. From 1970 to 1971, she was a cashier in shops of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Trade organisation.

From 1971, she worked as a cashier-controller in Shop No. 1 of the Food Trade of the Moscow District of Riga.

In her marriage to Iser Skorokhod (1913, Ludza), children were born: Vulf Skorokhod (1949, Riga) and Liya Skorokhod (1951, Riga). Her father perished in the Holocaust. Her sister, Raya Tsekoun (née Kagan; 1934, Karsava), lived and worked in Israel in the 1970s.

In 1973, Riva Skorokhod received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband’s brother, Hirsh Skorokhod (1920, Ludza).

Family:

Iser Skorokhod (1913, Ludza) — husband
Vulf Skorokhod (1949, Riga) — son
Liya Skorokhod (1951, Riga) — daughter
Abram Kagan (1895, Karsava — 1942, Karsava) — father
Tauba Kagan (1885, Ludza — 1961, Riga) — mother
Raya Tsekoun (née Kagan; 1934, Karsava) — sister
Hirsh Skorokhod (1920, Ludza) — husband’s brother