Kizina Liya Hertzevna (6 October 1919, Negorskoe station, Byelorussian SSR) — physician.

In 1939 Liya Kizina graduated from the Minsk Medical Institute, worked as head of the infectious diseases and maternity departments in Pleshchenitsy. On 25 June 1941 was mobilized into the army. Her parents, stove-makers, were executed in 1941 during the German occupation.

From June–July 1941 she served as head of the sanitary company of a rifle regiment on the Central Front; from July 1941 to April 1947 — head of the regiment infirmary; from April to June 1947 — physician of a special auto-technical battalion.

From July 1947 Liya Kizina worked as resident physician in the gynecology department of the District Military Hospital in Riga; from 1948 — gynecologist at the Riga State Clinical Hospital.

Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the medals “For Battle Merit,” “For the Defense of Moscow,” and “For the Victory over Germany.”

Source: Fond Nr. 440, op. 3-l, d. 60, l. 58, photo.