Burina (née Berdeckaya) Yelizaveta Motelisovna (b. 20 July 1942, Verkhoturye, Sverdlovsk Oblast) — cashier.

Yelizaveta Burina was the daughter of Motl Berdecky (b. 1915, Berdychiv – d. 1953, Vilnius) and Rocha Berdeckene (b. 1913, Kuršėnai, Lithuania).

From 1964 to 1965, she worked as a quality control inspector at the Riga Electromechanical Plant.

From 1965 to 1966, she was employed as a dishwasher in Riga Canteen No. 10 on Gogol Street 7.

In 1967, she graduated from the Soviet Trade Technical School with a qualification as a catering technologist.

Since 1966, she worked as a cashier at the public catering enterprise “Vefovets”.

In her marriage to Dolya Burin (b. 1941, Nolinsk, Kirov Oblast), she had two daughters: Bella Burina (b. 1963, Riga) and Yudit Burina (b. 1970, Riga).

Her mother and brothers, Faivish Berdecky (b. 1933, Vilnius) and Itsikakh Berdecky (b. 1937, Vilnius), lived in Vilnius in the early 1970s.

In 1970, Yelizaveta Burina received permission to emigrate to Israel following an invitation from her aunt, Eta Bruskinа (b. 1920, Berdychiv).

Family members:

Dolya Burin (b. 1941, Nolinsk, Kirov Oblast) — husband
Bella Burina (b. 1963, Riga) — daughter
Yudit Burina (b. 1970, Riga) — daughter
Motl Berdecky (1915–1953) — father
Rocha Berdeckene (b. 1913) — mother
Faivish Berdecky (b. 1933, Vilnius) — brother
Itsikakh Berdecky (b. 1937, Vilnius) — brother
Eta Bruskinа (b. 1920, Berdychiv) — aunt