Smolyak (Smoljak) (née Solovey) Khaya (Chaja) Khaimovna (7 March 1909, Balvi — ?) — cashier.

Khaya Smolyak was born into the family of Zisle Solovey (1879–1939, Balvi) and Khaim Solovey (1877–1936, Balvi).

From 1928 to 1931, she worked as a saleswoman in Shternin’s confectionery shop in Riga. From 1931 to 1941, she was a homemaker.

In 1941, she was evacuated to the Gorky region, where until 1944 she worked as a laborer at the collective farm “Krutets.” In 1945, she returned to Riga.

From 1949 to 1952, she worked as a street vendor at enterprises of the Riga municipal food trade (Gorpishchetorg).

In 1961–1962 and 1963–1969, she worked as a cashier at the Riga Hairdressing Administration. In 1963, she also worked as a seamstress at the factory “Sadarbs.” From 1969, she was a cashier at the service combine “Laimdota.”

During the Second World War, her brothers Yankel (1911–1942), Moysha (1913–1942), and Zelik (1916–1942) perished.

Her sisters Meri Lipshits (née Solovey) (1914, Balvi) and Rakhil Rots (née Solovey) (1922, Balvi) lived in Riga after the war.

She married Leyzer Mordukhovich Smolyak (1909, Ludza). Their children are Miryama Shrage (née Smolyak, later Dende-Pletman) (1934, Balvi), Ella Yuha (née Smolyak) (1936, Balvi), and Lyubov Smolyak (1947, Riga).

In 1971, she received permission to emigrate to Israel, following an invitation from her daughter Miryama.

Family:

Leyzer Mordukhovich Smolyak (1909, Ludza) — husband
Miryama Shrage (née Smolyak, later Dende-Pletman) (1934, Balvi) — daughter
Ella Yuha (née Smolyak) (1936, Balvi) — daughter
Lyubov Smolyak (1947, Riga) — daughter
Zisle Solovey (1879–1939, Balvi) — mother
Khaim Solovey (1877–1936, Balvi) — father
Yankel Solovey (1911–1942) — brother
Moysha Solovey (1913–1942) — brother
Zelik Solovey (1916–1942) — brother
Meri Lipshits (née Solovey) (1914, Balvi) — sister
Rakhil Rots (née Solovey) (1922, Balvi) — sister