Diner (née Dyner) Gita Samuilovna (19 August 1911, Staroe Sochnevo) - Engineer–Economist

In 1929, Gita Diner graduated from a nine-year religious school in Smolensk Province. From 1929 to 1932, worked as an economist for a construction site on the October Railway in Leningrad. In 1937, she earned an engineering–economics degree from the Leningrad Engineering and Economic Institute named after Tolyatti. Between 1937 and 1939, employed as an engineer–economist at the “Elektrosila” plant in Leningrad. From 1939 to 1945, served as chief labour engineer for the Okhta Chemical Works in Leningrad.

In 1946, Gita Diner was prosecuted for unauthorised absence from work and imprisoned in Riga Prison No. 2 until November that year. Upon release, she worked as an engineer leading labour departments within the Knitting and Garment Industry Trust under the Ministry of Light Industry of the Latvian SSR until 1950. From 1952 to 1966, she held roles as a labour engineer and then head of the planning and economics department at the Riga Diesel Engine Plant. From 1966, she served as Deputy Head of Planning and Production at the “Stars” plant within Latvselkhoztekhnika.

Father: Samuil Diner (1886–1921), who died of typhus and was buried in Smolensk Province.

Mother: Evgenia Diner (née Rashal; 1888–1941), who was killed in Riga during the German occupation.

Sister: Nina Zharkova (née Diner; 1910–1966), interred in Smolensk.

Brother: Matvey Diner (b. 1915), emigrated to the United States in 1969.

Maternal Uncle: Louis Rashal (born c. 1893), emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century and provided financial support to Gita’s family after her father's death.