Markushevich (Markuschewitsch) (née Khanina; in her first marriage — Rubina) Lia Leizerovna (12 May 1950, Riga) — office employee.

Lia Markushevich was born into the family of the furrier Leizer Leibovich Khanin (born 1910, Riga) and the homemaker Eida Aronovna Khanina (née Ioffe) (1912, Rezekne, Latvia — 1971, Riga). In 1966 she completed eight grades of secondary school. In 1966 she worked as a sales assistant at Shop No. 56/1 of the Riga Household Trade Administration. In 1967 she worked as a registrar at Riga City Polyclinic No. 4. From 1967 to 1968 she was dependent on her parents. From 1968 to 1971 she again worked as a registrar at Riga City Polyclinic No. 4. In 1971–1972 she worked as a cashier-controller at Shop No. 56/1 of the Riga Household Trade Administration. From 1972 to 1979 she was a homemaker.

Her first marriage was to Rafail Moiseevich Rubin (born 1946); there were no children. The marriage was dissolved in 1969.

In her second marriage, to Ber Simonovich Markushevich (born 1947, Riga), a son was born: Eduard Berovich Markushevich (born 1972, Riga).

In 1979 Lia Markushevich received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1970 a cousin of her second husband (the son of his mother’s brother), Reuven Eliazarovich Rabinovich (born 1929, Jelgava), had been living.

Family:

Leizer Leibovich Khanin (born 1910) — father
Eida Aronovna Khanina (née Ioffe) (1912–1971) — mother
Bassheva Leizerovna Grassman (née Khanina) (born 1939, Riga) — sister
Rafail Moiseevich Rubin (born 1946) — first husband
Ber Simonovich Markushevich (born 1947) — second husband
Eduard Berovich Markushevich (born 1972) — son (second marriage)
Reuven Eliazarovich Rabinovich (born 1929) — cousin of the second husband