Dashevskaya (née Ratzen, formerly Davyidko) Meri Yudelevna (born 12 November 1950, Riga) — technician.

Meri Dashevskaya was the daughter of Yudel Ratzen (1921, Saratov) and Anna Ratzen (née Ferdina) (1922, Daugavpils – 1965). In 1967, she graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 2. That same year, she worked as a trainee at the Republican Wholesale Trading Office of the Latvian Consumer Union (Latpotrebsoyuz). From 1967 to 1969, she worked as a timekeeper at the VEF factory, and from 1969 to 1970, as a laboratory assistant at the Riga Botanical Garden. In 1970, she was employed as a communications fitter in the payphone group of the Riga Eastern Telephone Node. Between 1970 and 1971, she worked as an assembler at the VEF factory again.

From 1971 to 1975, Meri Dashevskaya was a technician at the experimental plant of the Latvian Scientific Research Institute for Construction. In 1976, she worked as a nanny at Nursery No. 24. In 1977, she became a design technician at the Riga Wagon Works, and from 1977 to 1979, served as senior procurement specialist at the production base of the State Construction Committee of the Latvian SSR. Between 1979 and 1980, she trained as a women's hairdresser at the Olaine branch of the Riga District Consumer Services Combine.

In her first marriage to Aleksandr Davyidko (b. 1950, Riga), she had a daughter, Anna Davyidko (b. 1968, Riga), who remained with her father after the couple's divorce. In her second marriage to Stanislav Dashevsky (b. 1947, Yanchi-Yul, Tashkent Oblast), she had a daughter, Ilana Dashevskaya (b. 1974, Riga). In 1980, Meri Dashevskaya and her family received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her sisters, Frida Shetzen (née Ratzen) (b. 1947, Riga) and Asya Bogorad (née Ratzen) (b. 1956, Riga).

Family

Aleksandr Davyidko (b. 1950, Riga) — first husband
Anna Davyidko (b. 1968, Riga) — daughter
Stanislav Dashevsky (b. 1947, Yanchi-Yul, Tashkent Oblast) — second husband
Ilana Dashevskaya (b. 1974, Riga) — daughter
Yudel Ratzen (b. 1921, Saratov) — father
Anna Ratzen (née Ferdina) (1922, Daugavpils – 1965) — mother
Frida Shetzen (née Ratzen) (b. 1947, Riga) — sister
Asya Bogorad (née Ratzen) (b. 1956, Riga) — sister