Talan Riva (Riwa) Efimovna (12 December 1937, Daugavpils) — pharmacist.

Riva Talan was the daughter of Braina Talan (1896, Vitebsk region – 1978, Riga). In 1941, she was evacuated together with her mother to the Tatar ASSR and later moved to Novosibirsk. In 1945, she returned to Riga.

In 1955, she graduated from Riga Secondary School No. 17. In 1960, she qualified as a pharmacist after graduating from the Riga Medical Institute.

In 1959, she worked as a manual worker; from 1960 to 1964, she was a chemical analyst at Pharmacy No. 25 in Riga. From 1964 to 1977, she worked as a quality control inspector, deputy head, and head of the Quality Control Department (OTK) at the Riga Chemical Reagents Plant “Reagent.” From 1977, she was deputy head of the Quality Control Department at the production association “Biokhimreaktiv.”

In her marriage to Aron Demikhovsky (1935, Konstantinovka, Donetsk region), a daughter, Evelina Demikhovskaya (1961, Riga), was born.

In 1980, Riva Talan received permission to emigrate to Israel.

Family:

Aron Demikhovsky (1935, Konstantinovka, Donetsk region) — husband
Evelina Demikhovskaya (1961, Riga) — daughter
Braina Talan (1896, Vitebsk region – 1978, Riga) — mother