Nakhimovskaya (Nachimowskaya) (née Mirman) Betya (Betja) Abramovna (9 May 1931, Liepāja) — mathematics teacher.

Betya Nakhimovskaya was the daughter of Abram Mirman (1904, Grodno – 1941, Liepāja) and Genya Mirman (1903, Līvāni – 1944, Chistopol). In 1941 she was evacuated together with her mother and brother to Chistopol. Her father did not manage to leave Liepāja and was murdered in the Holocaust.

In 1943, following the death of her mother, Betya Nakhimovskaya began work as a trainee at the Chistopol Bread Combine, where she remained until 1945 in order to support herself and her brother, Boris Mirman (1933, Liepāja). In 1945, she and her brother were taken into the care of her uncle, Yakov Berman.

In 1947 she completed seven years of secondary schooling and enrolled at the Smiltene Zooveterinary Technical College. In 1953 she graduated from the Nevel School for Working Youth. From 1951 to 1954 she worked as a laboratory assistant at the Nevel Dairy and Canning Plant in the Velikiye Luki Region. In 1954 she was employed as an analyst at the Riga Dairy Combine.

In 1961 she graduated from the Latvian State University with a qualification as a secondary-school mathematics teacher. From 1959 to 1972 she taught mathematics at the Garkalne Eight-Year School and at Riga Evening Secondary School No. 24 and Shift Secondary School No. 25.

She was married to Isaak Nakhimovsky (1921, Daugavpils; marriage dissolved in 1970). Their children were Yakov Nakhimovsky (1957, Riga) andGenya Nakhimovskaya (1963, Riga).

In 1972, Betya Nakhimovskaya received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her cousin, Khaya Smolyar (1932, Daugavpils).

Family:

Isaak Nakhimovsky (1921, Daugavpils) — husband
Yakov Nakhimovsky (1957, Riga) — son
Genya Nakhimovskaya (1963, Riga) — daughter
Abram Mirman (1904, Grodno – 1941) — father
Genya Mirman (1903, Līvāni – 1944) — mother
Boris Mirman (1933, Liepāja) — brother
Khaya Smolyar (1932, Daugavpils) — cousin