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Gordon Khasya Isaakovna (1937)

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SurnameGordon
NameKhasya
PatronymIsaakovna
Birth year1937
Birth month3
Birth day21
Birth placeDonetsk
SexF

Gordon (née Roitman) Khasya (Hasja) Isaakovna (21 March 1937, Donetsk) — heating technician.

During the Second World War, Khasya Gordon was evacuated with her mother and sister to the town of Marks, Saratov Region. In 1944, she returned to Donetsk and enrolled at School No. 22. She graduated from Secondary School No. 3 in Donetsk in 1954 and entered the Donetsk Metallurgical Technical College, specialising in “Thermal Engineering Equipment for Industrial Enterprises”, which she completed in 1956.

In 1957, she moved to Kharkiv, where she worked as a technician at the Malyshev Plant. In February 1958, she relocated to Riga, as her parents had moved there in 1957 for permanent residence. From May 1958, she worked as a technician at the “Latgiproselsroy” Institute, and in 1961 served as acting engineer at the Baltic Branch of the “Giprostroymaterialy” Institute.

In 1963, she enrolled in the evening division of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Riga Polytechnic Institute, but was forced to withdraw in her second year due to her daughter’s illness. In 1966, she briefly worked as an engineer in the thermal engineering department at the “Latkommunproyekt” Institute, and from October 1966, she held the position of senior engineer at OKP-1 of the “Latgiprobyt” Design and Technology Institute.

In 1979, Khasya Gordon emigrated to Israel for permanent residence. She later moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as a draftswoman.

In 1964, she married David Borisovich Gordon. Their daughter, Esfir Davidovna Gordon (30 September 1965 – (?)), studied at Secondary School No. 10 in Riga.

Her father, Isaak Shmulevich Roitman (1905, territory of Odessa Region – 1960, Riga), was a general labourer at a metallurgical plant in Donetsk. He served in the war and was discharged due to injury (second group disability). Her mother, Esther Iosifovna Roitman (née Solodovnik) (1905, territory of Odessa Region – 1964, Riga), was a homemaker.

Sister: Rita Isaakovna Guskova (née Roitman).