Balkina (Cherfas) Asya Borisovna (22.01.1953, Rezekne) – engineer-mathematician. Asya Balkina was born into the family of a worker, Berel Ruvinovich Cherfas (b. 1924, Rezekne), and a housewife, Dina Samuilovna Cherfas (Mindel) (b. 1920, Rezekne).

Asya Balkina graduated from Rezekne Secondary School No. 2 (1959–1969), then worked as an apprentice and later as a junior sales assistant at the Trade Administration (1969–1970, Rezekne). She completed her studies at Riga Polytechnic Institute (1971–1976) and worked as an engineer at the design bureau of the VEF factory (1976–1979).

In her marriage to Balkin Lev Khaimovich (b. 1951), their daughter, Balkina Dana Lvovna (b. 1977, Riga), was born.

In 1979, Asya Balkina was granted permission to emigrate to Israel, where her husband’s grandmother, Dina Khaimovna Balkina (Pliner)(b. 1903), had been residing since 1972.

  • Cherfas Berel Ruvinovich (b. 1924) – father

  • Cherfas (Mindel) Dina Samuilovna (b. 1920) – mother

  • Milinevskaya (Cherfas) Taybe Borisovna (b. 1950, Rezekne) – sister

  • Balkin Lev Khaimovich (b. 1951) – husband

  • Balkina Dana Lvovna (b. 1977) – daughter

  • Balkina (Pliner) Dina Khaimovna (b. 1903) – husband’s grandmother