Konskaya (née Vivat) Tsira (Zira) Girshevna (b. June 10, 1923, Jēkabpils) — seamstress.

Tsira Konskaya was born to a butcher, Hirsh Vivat (1889, Krustpils – 1975, Jēkabpils) and Khaya Vivat (née Karlin) (1893, Krustpils). She completed six grades at a local Jewish primary school. From 1936 to 1941, she trained and worked as a seamstress in private workshops in Jēkabpils.

In 1941, Tsira Konskaya was evacuated to the Chkalov District of the Gorky Region, where she worked on a collective farm and later as a seamstress in the village of Katunka. In 1945, she returned to Jēkabpils and worked as a seamstress at Industrial Combine No. 1 until 1948. From 1953 to 1960, she worked as a seamstress at the Jēkabpils Industrial Combine atelier. In 1964, she worked as a cleaner at the Jēkabpils Evening Secondary School, and from 1966 to 1980 as a sewing-machine operator at Branch No. 4 of the “Rīgas Apģērbs” enterprise in Jēkabpils.

Awarded the Medal “Veteran of Labour.”

Married to Meyer Konsky (b. 1921, Vilnius). They had two daughters: Polina Freidenson (née Konskaya) (b. 1951, Jēkabpils) and Nina Konskaya (b. 1959, Jēkabpils).

In 1980, Konskaya received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Meyer Konsky (b. 1921, Vilnius) — husband
Polina Freidenson (née Konskaya) (b. 1951, Jēkabpils) — daughter
Nina Konskaya (b. 1959, Jēkabpils) — daughter
Hirsh Vivat (1889, Krustpils – 1975, Jēkabpils) — father
Khaya Vivat (née Karlin) (1893, Krustpils) — mother
Berta Vivat (b. 1931, Jēkabpils) — brother
Asna Donde (née Vivat) (b. 1927, Jēkabpils) — sister
Pinkhas Bobrovsky (b. 1923, Vilnius) — cousin of her husband