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Rudnitskaya Ginda Yakovlevna (1948)

Personal data
SurnameRudnitskaya
NameGinda
PatronymYakovlevna
Birth year1948
Birth month1
Birth day18
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Rudnitskaya (Rudnitzkaya) Ginda Yakovlevna (18 January 1948, Riga) — worker.

Ginda Rudnitskaya was born into the family of Khaim-Yakov (Yankel) Rudnitsky (1915, Gorky) and Gita Rudnitskaya (née Shvalbe; 1910, Malta — 1968, Riga).

In 1963 she completed eight years of education at Riga Secondary School No. 13. In 1963–1979 she worked as a fitter-assembler at the VEF factory. In 1966 she graduated from Riga Evening School No. 5. In 1978 she completed courses at the Training Centre of the Central Statistical Administration of the Latvian SSR.

In 1967 she was awarded the title “Shock Worker of Communist Labour.” In 1970 she received the Jubilee Medal “For Valiant Labour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of V. I. Lenin.”

In 1979 Ginda Rudnitskaya received permission to emigrate to Israel, following an invitation from the widow of her father’s brother, Edel Rudnitskaya (née Gekht; 1905, Daugavpils).

Family:

Khaim-Yakov (Yankel) Rudnitsky (1915, Gorky) — father
Gita Rudnitskaya (née Shvalbe; 1910, Malta — 1968, Riga) — mother
Bluma Rudnitskaya (1951, Riga) — sister
Edel Rudnitskaya (née Gekht; 1905, Daugavpils) — wife of father’s brother