Freidina (née Etina) Stisya (Stella) Yakovlevna (30 September 1921, Gomel) - economist.
Stisya Freidina was the daughter of Yakov Etin (1896, Gomel region — 1934, Gomel) and Roza Etina (née Shklyar) (1900, Gomel — 1978, Valday).
In 1938 she graduated from secondary school in Gomel and moved to Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad). From 1938 to 1941 she studied at the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. In 1941–1942 she worked as a laborer at the 3rd Leningrad Furniture Factory.
In 1942 she was evacuated to Pyatigorsk and later moved to Kizlyar. In 1942–1943 she worked as a secretary at a branch of the Moscow Electromechanical Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. In 1943 she relocated with the institute’s staff to Moscow.
From 1943 to 1946 she worked as a dispatcher in a special group of the 1st division of the traffic service on the Moscow Western Railway. In 1946 she completed her studies by correspondence at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute, qualifying as a geography teacher.
In 1948 she worked as a teacher at Riga Secondary School No. 26. In 1949–1950 she was a technical secretary at a district committee of the Communist Party. In 1952 she worked as an economist in the Riga Confectionery Trust. From 1952 to 1962 she was a housewife.
In 1962–1968 she worked as a librarian and senior librarian at the Scientific and Technical Library of the Latvian SSR. From 1968 to 1977 she was an economist, head librarian, and later senior economist at the Economics Bureau of the State Planning Committee of the Latvian SSR. In 1978 she worked as a ticket agent-cashier in Jurmala, and in 1980 as a kiosk operator for Soyuzpechat. From 1980 she was retired.
Stisya Freidina was awarded the medals “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War” and “30 Years of Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.”
She was married to Lev Freidin (1914, Mstsislaw). Their children were Margarita Freidina (1948, Riga) and Yakov Freidin (1950, Riga). In 1981 Stisya Freidina received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her daughter, Margarita Freidina.
Family:
Lev Freidin (1914, Mstsislaw) — husband
Margarita Freidina (1948, Riga) — daughter
Yakov Freidin (1950, Riga) — son
Yakov Etin (1896–1934) — father
Roza Etina (née Shklyar) (1900–1978) — mother
Simon Etin (1923, Gomel) — brother
Veniamin Etin (1925, Gomel) — brother
Mikhail Etin (1930, Gomel) — brother