Budanitskaya (née Vayner) Miryama Iosifovna (10 June 1950, Riga) — chemical technologist.

Miryama Budanitskaya was the daughter of Iosif Vayner (1903, Riga) and Chaya Vayner (1919, Kursk).

In 1966, she graduated from Riga Eight-Year Secondary School No. 42. In 1970, she graduated from the Riga Industrial Polytechnic, qualifying as a chemical technologist.

In 1969, she worked as a mould caster at the Riga Polyethylene Products Factory. From 1969 to 1970, she was a plastics press operator at the VEF Factory. From 1970 to 1973, she worked as a quality control inspector at the “Ausma” Plastic Products Factory.

In 1973, she became a technician in the laboratory of Scientific Organisation of Labour and Production (NOTiP) under the Ministry of Municipal Services of the Latvian SSR.

In 1977–78, she worked as a mechanic at the “Selga” fishing collective farm in Lāmežciems.

In her marriage to Grigory Budanitsky (b. 1950, Surazh, Bryansk Region), two children were born: Sand Budanitsky (b. 1972, Riga) and Ilana Budanitskaya (b. 1975, Riga).

In 1979, Miryama Budanitskaya received permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by her husband’s cousin, David Tsirkin (b. 1949, Tallinn), who had emigrated from the USSR in 1973.

In the 1980s, she lived in the United States, where she ran her own custom orders shop.

Family members:

Grigory Budanitsky (b. 1950, Surazh, Bryansk Region) — husband
Sand Budanitsky (b. 1972, Riga) — son
Ilana Budanitskaya (b. 1975, Riga) — daughter
Iosif Vayner (1903, Riga) — father
Chaya Vayner (1919, Kursk) — mother
Yeshua Vayner (b. 1949, Riga) — brother
David Tsirkin (b. 1949, Tallinn) — husband’s cousin