Shteyngold (née Balkina) Leya Rafailovna (1932, Rēzekne) – nurse. She was born into the family of mechanic Balkin Rafail Yakovlevich (1892, Rēzekne – 1943, Yelan, Sverdlovsk Region) and housewife Balkina (née Pliner) Dina Khaimovna (1903, Rēzekne). She was evacuated to Yelan, Sverdlovsk Region, where she attended school (1941-1945). On returning to Rēzekne she attended school (1945-48), and on moving to Riga completed a two-year nursing school (1948-1950), worked as a nurse at the Riga Children's Clinical Hospital (1950-1951), was a nurse at the 4th Riga Polyclinic (1951-1954), a nurse at the “Majori” sanatorium (1954-1961), and a nurse at the 4th Riga Polyclinic (1961-1972).

In her marriage to Shteyngold Yakov Mendelevich (1929, Rēzekne), daughters Shteyngold Marina Yakovlevna (1955, Riga) and Shteyngold Lyubov Yakovlevna (1963, Riga) were born.

In 1972 she received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her husband's uncle – Shteyngold Avraam Iosifovich (1913, Daugavpils) – had been living since 1959.

N. Voronova

Balkin Rafail Yakovlevich (1892-1943) – father
Balkina (née Pliner) Dina Khaimovna (1903) – mother
Balkin Khaim Rafailovich (1925, Rēzekne) – brother
Dmitrieva (née Balkina) Reveka Rafailovna (1924, Rēzekne) – sister
Feld (née Balkina) Genya Rafailovna (1928, Rēzekne – 1969, Tel Aviv, Israel) – sister
Shteyngold Yakov Mendelevich (1929) – husband
Shteyngold Marina Yakovlevna (1955) – daughter
Shteyngold Lyubov Yakovlevna (1963) – daughter