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Kuklya Revekka Senderovna (1915)

Personal data
SurnameKuklya
NameRevekka
PatronymSenderovna
Birth year1915
SexF

Kuklya (Kukla) Revekka Senderovna (born 1915 — exact date and place of birth unknown) — participant in the revolutionary movement.

Associated with S. N. Murin, S. L. Shalman, and M. M. Deich. From 1932 to 1941, Revekka Kuklya worked as a seamstress in a private sewing workshop. Actively participated in the underground revolutionary movement in Latvia: distributed illegal literature and collected funds for MOPR (International Red Aid).

In 1932, she joined the illegal Komsomol of Latvia. Arrested in March 1932 and released in April due to lack of evidence. After her release, on assignment from the underground Communist Party of Latvia, she worked until 1939 in a print shop engaged in producing and reproducing illegal literature.

From 1939 to 1940, she served as a liaison between the Daugavpils organization of the underground Communist Party and contacts in the Latvian army. She was repeatedly subjected to searches and short-term arrests.

In 1941, she was assigned to the state security organs, where she worked until 1953 as a typist, senior records clerk, inspector, and staff member. Joined the CPSU in 1943. Dismissed from service in 1953 due to staff reductions.

From 1953 to 1964, she worked as a sewing brigade leader and cutting department forewoman at the Rīgas apģērbs garment factory. In 1964–1966, she was senior forewoman of the cutting department at ITK-8.

In 1966 she retired as personal pensioner of republican significance.