Tuzman (Tusmann) (née Kopman) Maria Moiseevna (25 December 1943, Aktobe, Kazakh SSR) — planning technician.

Maria Tuzman was born into a working-class family of Moisey Kalmanovich Kopman (1910, Varakļāni, Latvia) and Tsiva Samuilovna Kopman (née Shneer) (1910, Varakļāni). In 1946, the family returned from evacuation to Rēzekne (Latvia), where she attended Secondary School No. 2 (1951–1961).

After moving to Riga, she worked as a cutter at an instrument-making factory (1961–1962), then as a shop assistant in the 2nd Riga Municipal Industrial Trade (1962–1964). From 1964 to 1967, she worked as a timekeeper at a lighting engineering factory. In 1967, she entered the Riga Industrial Polytechnic, graduating in 1969. She then worked in the cartonage workshop of the “Dzintars” factory (1969–1970).

In marriage with Askar Grigoryevich Tuzman (1938, Moscow), a son was born: Pinkhas Askarovich Tuzman (1969, Riga).

In 1973, Maria Tuzman received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her sister Sulamis Moiseevna Levina (née Kopman) (1935) had been living since 1971, and since 1972 her parents, Moisey Kalmanovich Kopman (1910) and Tsiva Samuilovna Kopman (née Shneer) (1910), as well as her sister Vikhna Moiseevna Mozeshtam (née Kopman) (1939, Rēzekne), had also resided.

Family:

Moisey Kalmanovich Kopman (1910) — father
Tsiva Samuilovna Kopman (née Shneer) (1910) — mother
Sulamis Moiseevna Levina (née Kopman) (1935) — sister
Vikhna Moiseevna Mozeshtam (née Kopman) (1939, Rēzekne) — sister
Shom Moiseevich Kopman (1946) — brother
Askar Grigoryevich Tuzman (1938) — husband
Pinkhas Askarovich Tuzman (1969) — son