Ptushkina (Ptuschkina) (née Kuper) Malka Leybovna (11 February 1906, Riga) — bookkeeper. Malka Ptushkina was the daughter of Ginda Kuper (née Segal) (1881, Riga — 1943, Sosnovka settlement, Kirov Region) and Leyba Kuper (1877, Šiauliai — 1960, Riga). In 1921 she completed seven grades of a Jewish school in Riga.

In 1921–34 she worked as a bookkeeper at a scrap metal warehouse in Riga. In 1934–40 she was a cashier in Shats’ shop in Riga. In 1940–41 she worked as a cashier in a manufactured goods store. In 1941 she was evacuated to the settlement of Sosnovka in the Kirov Region, where until 1943 she worked as a labourer, bookkeeper, cashier, and accountant at the Sosnovka sawmill. In 1943–45 she was an accountant at the Nizhvyatsplav rafting agency.

In 1945 she returned to Riga. In 1945–47 she worked as an accountant at the Zagotskot office in Riga. In 1947 she was a sales assistant in Shop No. 3 of the Riga Brewery. In 1948–49 she was a buffet attendant at the Riga branch of Voentorg. In 1962–63 she worked as a kiosk attendant for Soyuzpechat. From 1963 she was a homemaker.

She was married to Lazar Ptushkin (1899, Vitebsk Region). In 1972 she received permission to emigrate to Israel at the invitation of her brother Israel Kuper (1915, Riga).

Family:

Lazar Ptushkin (1899, Vitebsk Region) — husband
Ginda Kuper (née Segal) (1881, Riga — 1943, Sosnovka settlement, Kirov Region) — mother
Leyba Kuper (1877, Šiauliai — 1960, Riga) — father
Iser Kuper (1907, Riga — 1947, Riga) — brother
Mira Vofsi (née Kuper, née Mandelkorn) (1909, Riga) — sister
Israel Kuper (1915, Riga) — brother
Eta Kuperman (née Kuper) (1918, Riga) — sister
Peisakh Kuper (1920, Riga — 1942) — brother