Drizina (née Neiburg) Anna Maksimovna (born 27 June 1928, Moscow) — teacher.
Anna Drizina was the daughter of Maxim Neiburger (1899, Jelgava – 1965, Riga) and Raisa Neiburger (née Brand) (1899, Ventspils – 1969, Riga). In 1941 she was evacuated to Penza, and in 1943 returned to Moscow with her parents, before relocating to Riga in 1946.
Anna graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the Latvian State University in 1951. That same year, she and her husband moved to Miass, where she taught Russian language and literature at schools under the Miass city education office from 1952 to 1954. In 1954, she returned to Riga and taught literature at the Riga Polytechnic College under the Ministry of Procurement of the Latvian SSR. From 1955 to 1956, she taught literature at the Riga Polytechnic College of the Bread Products Administration of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR, while also teaching Russian in Riga Secondary School No. 24.
From 1956 to 1969, Anna taught Russian language and literature, and served as school organiser (both class and extracurricular) in Riga Secondary Schools No. 24 and 31. Between 1969 and 1970, she was a pioneer leader (pioneervozhataya) and Russian teacher, organising extracurricular activities in Schools No. 60 and 16. In 1970, she worked as a rapporteur for the Academic Council of the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN). From 1971 to 1979, she taught Russian language and literature and served as deputy director at the IZMIRAN school. Between 1973 and 1979, she also taught children with long‑term illnesses at Riga Secondary School No. 60.
Anna Drizina was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1979.
She retired in 1979.
She was first married to Mikhail Drizin (1921, Riga – 1969, Riga), with whom she had two sons: Efim Drizin (born 1948, Riga) and Boris Drizin (born 1954, Riga). Her second marriage was to Shmerl Levin(born 1927, Tukums), which was dissolved in 1980.
In 1983, Anna Drizina obtained permission to emigrate to Israel, invited by her brother, Lev Neiburger (born 1937, Riga). Initially, the Latvian SSR authorities had rejected her application for emigration; in 1982 Anna submitted an official offer to transfer her accumulated savings (2,330 roubles) to the Soviet Committee for Peace.
Family:
Mikhail Drizin (1921, Riga – 1969, Riga) — first husband
Shmer Levinl (1927, Tukums) — second husband
Efim Drizin (1948, Riga) — son
Boris Drizin (1954, Riga) — son
Maxim Neiburger (1899, Jelgava – 1965, Riga) — father
Raisa Neiburger (née Brand) (1899, Ventspils – 1969, Riga) — mother
Berta Abeleva (née Neiburger) (1923, Moscow – 1973, Kaunas) — sister
Maria Voronova (née Neiburger) (1921, Penza) — sister
Lev Neiburger (1937, Riga) — brother