Mintz (Smolyakova) Khava Vulfovna (14 September 1943, Jambyl Region, Kazakh SSR) — retail worker.

Khava Mintz was born into a working-class family. She was the daughter of Vulf Smolyakov (Vulf Nakhimovich Smolyakov) (1896, Dvinsk, today Daugavpils) and Kreina Smolyakova (née Fayvishovna) (1900, Dvinsk – 1970, Riga). In 1945, the family moved to Riga. In 1959, she completed eight years of general secondary education. From 1959 to 1966, she worked as a seamstress at the “Baltijas Modes Ateljē” factory. Between 1966 and 1969, she was a junior sales clerk at the Textile–Clothing–Footwear Trade Organization, and from 1969 to 1971, a junior sales clerk at the Food Trade Organization of Riga’s Moscow District.

In marriage with Lev Mintz (1941, Riga), she had a son, Eduard Mintz (1963, Riga).

In 1971, Khava Mintz received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1970 her husband’s cousin, Frida Rutshtein (Frida Ilyinichna Rutshtein) (1914, Riga), had been living.

Family:

Vulf Smolyakov (Vulf Nakhimovich Smolyakov) (1896) — father
Kreina Smolyakova (née Fayvishovna) (1900–1970) — mother
Fayvish Smolyakov (Fayvish Vulfovich Smolyakov) (1919, Dvinsk) — brother
Osher Smolyakov (Osher Vulfovich Smolyakov) (1927, Riga) — brother
Sonya Friedman-Movshovich (née Smolyakova) (1929, Riga) — sister
Khanna Smolyakova (Khava Vulfovna Smolyakova) — sister (missing since 1941, Riga)
Frida Rutshtein (Frida Ilyinichna Rutshtein) (1914) — husband’s cousin
Lev Mintz (Lev Iosifovich Mintz) (1941) — husband
Eduard Mintz (Eduard Lvovich Mintz) (1963) — son