Lazareva (Lasareva) ((née Zigelbaum) Lea Yakovlevna (28 March 1950, Riga) — engineer-economist.

Lea Lazareva is the daughter of Yakov Zigelbaum (1910, Kraslava) and Rebekka Zigelbaum ((née Peltina) (1915, Daugavpils).

From 1967 to 1970, she studied at the Economic Department of the Riga Industrial Polytechnic School.

In 1970–1972, worked as a programmer at the Riga Computing Center.

In 1976, graduated in absentia from Latvian State University.

From 1976 to 1977, worked as a merchandise specialist at the Riga Wholesale Trade Office.

Since 1978, served as an engineer-economist at the Central Design and Technical Bureau “Zapryba.”

Married to Lev Ilyich Lazarev (1950, Riga); their daughter, Yulianna Lazareva, was born in 1971 in Riga.

In 1978, received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her father’s sister, Mira Spungin (Shpungin) ((née Zigelbaum) (1917, Kraslava).

Family:

Lev Ilyich Lazarev (1950, Riga) — husband
Yulianna Lazareva (1971, Riga) — daughter
Yakov Zigelbaum (1910, Kraslava) — father
Rebekka Zigelbaum ((née Peltina) (1915, Daugavpils) — mother
Mira Spungin (Shpungin) ((née Zigelbaum)(1917, Kraslava) — father’s sister