Chugunova (née Levitina) Liliya Lvovna (26.02.1952, Gvardeisk, Kaliningrad Oblast) — engineer-technologist. Born into a white-collar family. Began her working life at military unit 36976 in Šiauliai (Lithuania), where in 1969–70 she worked as a draughtswoman. In 1970, enrolled at the chemical technology faculty of the Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry (now St Petersburg State University of Technology and Design), graduating in 1975 with a specialisation in chemical fibre technology. Alongside her studies, in 1973–74 she worked as a laboratory assistant at the “Nitron” laboratory of the same institute. In 1975–76 — master of dry and wet finishing at the “Tekstiliana” factory in Riga. In 1976–77 — engineer in the physicochemical measurements department of the LRU.

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