Baranova (née Elperina) Dina Azrielovna (b. 26.06.1934, Minsk) – employee.
Dina Baranova was born into the family of Azriel Pavlovich Elperin (1906, Odessa, Ukraine – 1980, Vilnius), a painter, and Sofia Davidovna Perlova (1907, Minsk – 1974, Riga), an engineer-economist.
During World War II, Dina Baranova was evacuated with her parents to Tashkent (1941), where she completed three years of local schooling. After returning to Minsk (1945), she continued her education and graduated from Secondary School No. 9 (1952).
She studied at the Riga Pedagogical Institute (1952–1956) but did not complete her degree.
Employment and Family Life
• 1956–1959 – homemaker
• 1959–1960 – Cashier at a TV repair shop
• 1960–1961 – Completed hairdressing courses
• 1961–1965 – Worked as a hairdresser at the Hairdressing Services Office
• 1965–1968 – Instructor at VET School No. 34
• 1968–1977 – homemaker
• 1977–1980 – Retoucher at the Rigas Foto plant
• 1980–1985 – homemaker
Marriages and Children
Her first marriage was to Ilya Yefimovich Kushlin (b. 1929, Dvinsk, now Daugavpils), with whom she had a son Viktor Ilyich Kushlin (b. 1955, Riga)
The marriage ended in divorce in 1963. In 1974, Ilya Yefimovich Kushlin emigrated to Israel.
Her second marriage to Vulf Zamuelovich Baranov (b. 1925, Riga) was childless.
In 1975, her son from the first marriage took her and her stepfather’s surname, becoming Viktor Ilyich Baranov.
Emigration
In 1985, Dina Baranova received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her husband’s twin sister, Liza Zamuelovna Weistrach (née Baranova) (b. 1925, Riga), had been living since 1958 and her paternal half-sister, Norianna Azrielevna Krongauz (née Elperina) (b. 1958, Vilnius), had been living since 1980.
Family Members:
• Elperin Azriel Pavlovich (1906–1980) – father
• Perlova Sofia Davidovna (1907–1974) – mother
• Kronga uz (née Elperina) Norianna Azriel evna (b. 1958) – half-sister
• Kushlin Ilya Yefimovich (b. 1929) – first husband
• [[en:people:baranov_viktor|Baranov Viktor Ilyich]] (b. 1955) – son from the first marriage
• [[en:people:baranov_vulf|Baranov Vulf Zamuelovich]] (b. 1925) – second husband
• Weistrach (née Baranova) Liza Zamuelovna (b. 1925) – husband’s twin sister