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Skorokhod Maya Alexandrovna (1963)

Personal data
SurnameSkorokhod
NameMaya
PatronymAlexandrovna
Birth year1963
Birth month4
Birth day10
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Skorokhod (Skorochod) (née Varshavskaya) Maya (Maja) Alexandrovna (10 April 1963, Riga) — feldsher.

Maya Skorokhod was born into the family of Aleksandr Varshavsky (1939, Kyiv) and Emma Varshavskaya (née Kogan; 1939, Mariupol).

In 1980, she graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 23. From 1980 to 1982, she was a student at the Riga Medical Institute. From 1983 to 1987, she worked as a laboratory feldsher at the Riga Sanitary and Epidemiological Station. From 1987, she worked at the Pauls Stradiņš Republican Clinical Hospital in Riga.

Her father emigrated to Israel in 1978. In her marriage to Izya Skorokhod (1959, Riga), a son was born: Ilya Skorokhod (1982, Riga). In 1990, she received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Izya Skorokhod (1959, Riga) — husband
Ilya Skorokhod (1982, Riga) — son
Aleksandr Varshavsky (1939, Kyiv) — father
Emma Varshavskaya (née Kogan; 1939, Mariupol) — mother
Borukh Sorokin (1924, Varakļāni) — husband’s maternal uncle