Shmushkovich Kira Mikhailovna (14.10.1940, Riga) – engineer. On returning from evacuation, she enrolled at a Riga secondary school. From 1957 she worked at the “Elektra” fur factory. In 1959 she enrolled at the All-Union Institute of Light Industry, completing 4 years of study. In 1961 she was hired as a senior technician in the technical department of the Riga Electrical Fittings Plant. After the birth of her daughter Blokh Sabina (1962), she took a position as a laboratory assistant at the Latvian Research Institute of Light Industry, and in 1964 was promoted to junior research associate. Due to family circumstances, in 1964 she lived and worked in Kryvyi Rih. On returning to Latvia, she continued working as a junior research associate, in 1967 was appointed senior research associate, and in 1970 – engineer.

In 1972 Sh., together with her mother Shmushkovich Golda (1914), planned to move to Israel to join her mother's sisters, Mendelevich (née Shteyman) Bela (1918) and Groman (née Shteyman) Pesya (1911).

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Shmushkovich Mikhail (1902 – 1942) – father
Shmushkovich (née Shteyman) Golda (1914) – mother
Blokh Bendet (date of birth unknown) – husband
Blokh Sabina (1962) – daughter