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Smushkevich Lyubov Kalmanovna (1932)

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SurnameSmushkevich
NameLyubov
PatronymKalmanovna
Birth year1932
Birth month3
Birth day30
Birth placeRiga
SexF

Smushkevich (Smuschkewitsch) (née Feigelson) Lyubov Kalmanovna(30 March 1932, Riga) — chemist.

In 1941, Lyubov Smushkevich was evacuated with her family to the Chuvash ASSR, then to the city of Alma-Ata. In 1942, she moved to Novosibirsk, and in 1943 to Kuibyshev. In 1945, she returned to Riga, where in 1949 she graduated from Secondary School No. 15.

From 1949 to 1950, she studied at the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute, and from 1950 to 1952 at Leningrad State University, Faculty of Chemistry.

In 1970, she applied for permission to emigrate to Israel for permanent residence. In 1955, she married Gesel Kalmanovich Smushkevich. Their son is Yakov Geselevich Smushkevich (15 September 1956, Riga — ?).

Her father was Kalman Leibovich Feigelson (1907, Dvinsk (Daugavpils) — ?), who in April 1958 emigrated to the Polish People’s Republic under repatriation, where he worked as a taxi driver, and later moved to Chicago, where he worked as a shop assistant.

Her mother was Khana Markovna Feigelson (née Donina) (1907, Kraslava — ?), who in April 1958 emigrated to the Polish People’s Republic under repatriation, and later moved to Chicago, where she worked as a shop assistant.

Her brothers were Mark Kalmanovich Feigelson (1929, Riga — ?), who in April 1958 emigrated with his wife (Rakhil Berkovna Feigelson, née Koton) to the Polish People’s Republic under repatriation, where he worked as a mathematics teacher in a secondary school, and later moved to the USA, where he worked as an engineer in a bureau; and Lev Kalmanovich Feigelson (1949, Riga — ?), who in April 1958 emigrated to the Polish People’s Republic under repatriation, and later moved to Chicago.