Karpukh (née Basner) Elizaveta Yakovlevna (26 November 1952, Riga) — engineer.

Elizaveta Karpukh was born into the family of Yakov Basner (b. 1927, Riga) and Doba Basner (née Tayts) (b. 1925, Daugavpils).

1972–74 — cashier and cloakroom attendant at the “Laimdota” Municipal Services Association.

1975 — senior technician-technologist at the Riga Textile Equipment Plant.

1975–77 — typist at the wholesale office “Latbakaleya”.

1977–78 — engineer in the Energy and Mechanical Department of the Central Design Bureau of the Ministry of Aviation Industry.

1978 — graduated from the evening faculty of the Riga Polytechnic Institute, qualifying as a mechanical engineer.

1978–79 — furrier-cutter at the “Liga” Production Association.

She married Ilya Gennadievich Karpukh (b. 1950, Krasnoyarka village, Ust-Trustan District, Altai Krai). Their daughter is Liya Karpukh (b. 1973, Riga).

In 1979, the Karpukh family received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her husband’s relative, Yevgeny Kleiman (b. 1918, Gomel). By 1981, she was living in California and working as a real estate agent in Long Beach.

Family connections:

Ilya Gennadievich Karpukh (b. 1950, Krasnoyarka village, Ust-Trustan District, Altai Krai) — husband
Liya Karpukh (b. 1973, Riga) — daughter
Yakov Basner (b. 1927, Riga) — father
Doba Basner (née Tayts, b. 1925, Daugavpils) — mother
Guta Basner (b. 1949) — sister
Yevgeny Kleiman (b. 1918, Gomel) — husband’s uncle