Churilova (Merkel) Ida Elyashevna (17.02.1946, Riga) — engineer. Daughter of Merkel Elyash (1907, Subate — 1971, Riga) and Merkel (Bordo) Sheyna-Mala (1913, Krustpils). In 1962–63 — hand seamstress at the “Zvaigsne” dyeing and dry-cleaning factory. In 1963, graduated from the Riga Evening School for Working Youth and enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Technology. In 1964, transferred to the Riga Polytechnic Institute, where she studied until 1965. In 1965–67 — design technician at the VEF plant. In 1967–68 — research fellow at the Latvian branch of the Research Institute of the USSR CSB. In 1968–69 — dispatcher at the Popov Radio Plant. In 1969, graduated from the Riga Industrial Polytechnic. From 1969 — engineer at the “Latgiprorom” institute. Married to Churilov Samuil (1945, Riga). In 1971, Ch. received permission to leave the USSR at the invitation of her husband's mother, Granirer (Levitan, Churilova) Dina (1922, Kaunas).

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Churilov Samuil (1945, Riga) — husband
Merkel Elyash (1907, Subate — 1971, Riga) — father
Merkel (Bordo) Sheyna-Mala (1913, Krustpils) — mother
Merkel Abram (1949, Riga) — brother
Granirer (Levitan, Churilova) Dina (1922, Kaunas) — husband's mother