Zhiv Riva-Rokha (1895)

Zhiv (née Gilyanova) Riva-Rokha Rakhmiel Peisakhovna (1895, Dvinsk (Daugavpils)) – seamstress.

In 1906, Riva-Rokha Rakhmiel Zhiv studied tailoring, and from 1933 to 1941, she worked as a seamstress. During the war, she was evacuated with her children to the Kazakh SSR, where she worked as a handywoman. In 1945, she returned to Daugavpils. In 1916, she married Peisach Zalmovich Zhiv (1889, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1939), a handyman at a slaughterhouse in Daugavpils. In 1936, he was hit by a train and lost his right arm, after which he was ill for a long time and died. The marriage produced a son and four daughters: Iosif Peisakhovich Zhiv (1931, Daugavpils – (?)) – a mechanic at a car repair factory, Frida (Freida?) Peisakhovna Medalye (née Zhiv)(1923 (1925?), Daugavpils – (?)), Roza (Reize) Peisakhovna Dvoryan (née Zhiv) (1926 (1928?), Daugavpils – (?)) – employee at the municipal trade department, Yudis (Yudif) Peisakhovna Dagovich (née Zhiv), Evgenia Peisakhovna Naimark (née Zhiv) (1923, Daugavpils – (?)) – in 1945, she left for Poland with her husband (a Polish citizen), and from there she emigrated to Israel in 1947.

Father – Rakhmil-Peysakh Iosifovich Gilyinov (1838 – 1898) – worked as a labourer in the leather industry. Mother – Paya Vulifovna Gilinova (1848, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1910) – after her husband's death, she worked as a day labourer.

Brothers: Shleima Peisach Gilyinov (1870, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1941, Daugavpils), Itsik Peisach Gilyinov (1880, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1941, Daugavpils). Sisters: Sheina Magarm (née Gilinova) (1872, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1941, Daugavpils), Khana Fainovich (née Galinova) (1875, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1941, Daugavpils), Sora Matsikin (née Galinova)(1877, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1941, Daugavpils), Liba Schmid (née Galinova) (1885, Dinaburg (Daugavpils) – 1941, Daugavpils). The brothers and sisters died during the Nazi occupation.