Balkina (née Levin) Tsilya (Tzila) Davidovna (30.03.1928, Rēzekne) — accountant.

Tsilya Balkina was born into the family of David Alexandrovich Levin (1903–1975, Rēzekne) and Maria Yefimovna Levina (née Gutkina) (1905–1977, Rēzekne).

She studied at Rēzekne Secondary School (1935–1941). During World War II, Tsilya Balkina was evacuated to Cherdyn, Molotov Oblast (1941–1945), where she completed 9 grades of local schooling. After returning to Rēzekne, she completed 12th grade at the local secondary school (1945–1946).

She then completed accounting courses in Riga (1946–1947) and worked as an apprentice accountant and later as an accountant at the Proletarsky Branch of Gosbank (1947–1952, Riga).

Tsilya Balkina was a homemaker, financially supported by her husband until 1955, then she worked as a cashier at the Rīgas Foto photo studio (1955–1956). She was again a homemaker from 1956 to 1957. After that, she worked as a bookkeeper and accountant at the Sadarbs factory (1957–1961), had another period of homemaking until 1961, then worked as an accountant at the Majori Sanatorium (1961) and as a controller at a branch of Rīgas Manufaktūra (1961–1979).

Tsilya Balkina was married to Khaim-Itzik Rafailovich Balkin (b. 1925), and in 1951, their son Lev Khaimovich Balkin was born.

In 1979, Tsilya Balkina received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her mother-in-law, Dina Khaimovna Balkina (née Pliner) (b. 1903), had been living since 1972.

Family Members

David Alexandrovich Levin (1903–1975) — father
Maria Yefimovna Levina (née Gutkina) (1905–1977) — mother
Genya Davidovna Cherfas (née Levina) (b. 1930, Rēzekne) — sister
Khaim Davidovich Levin (b. 1934, Rēzekne) — brother
Khaim-Itzik Rafailovich Balkin (b. 1925) — husband
Lev Khaimovich Balkin (b. 1951) — son
Dina Khaimovna Balkina (née Pliner) (b. 1903) — mother-in-law