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Agronovich Sarra Borisovna (1903)

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SurnameAgronovich
NameSarra
PatronymBorisovna
Birth year1903
SexF

Agronovich Sarra Borisovna (1903–) — collective farm worker, activist, civic figure. Until 1930, was a homemaker — raising three children, while at the same time participating in community work in Kansk (Krasnoyarsk Krai). From 1930, worked as a collective farm worker, chairwoman of the management board of the collective farm “New Life,” member of the management board of the district collective farm union, instructor at the district land department, manager of a livestock farm at a state farm, and brigade leader of a sanatorium. Member of the CPSU from 1931. In 1938–1942 — head of the housing management of a sawmill, personnel manager of a leather factory. In 1942–1945, was again chairwoman of a collective farm. During the Great Patriotic War, one of S. Agronovich's sons was killed at the front. In 1948, she came to Jēkabpils, where she worked as house manager, director of a cinema, and technical manager of a communal enterprise office. During this time she was repeatedly elected party organization secretary and member of the party bureau. After retirement, she took an active part in public life. Awarded the medal “For Valiant Labour. In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V.I. Lenin.” Personal pensioner, first of local and then of republic-wide significance.

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