Vasilyeva (née Feitelberg) Lea Shlemovna (born 18 August 1918, Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast) – worker.
Lea Vasilyeva was born into the family of a labourer, Shlaum Shmulovich Feitelberg (b. 1884, Piltene, Latvia – d. 1946, Riga), and a housewife, Sara Eta Leibovna Feitelberg (née Magarshak) (b. 1888, Ludza, Latvia – d. 1982, FRG).
In 1920, the family moved to Ventspils, where she completed commercial school in 1937. She worked as a cashier in a private shop (1937–1938), an accountant in a timber export office (1938–1940), and as a secretary-typist at the Ventspils City Executive Committee (1940–1941).
During the Second World War, she was evacuated to Cheboksary, Chuvash ASSR, where she worked in the district centre of Kugesi as an inspector at the district finance department (1941–1942). She then moved to Tyumen, where she was an accountant for the Spartak Society (1942–1944). In 1944, she was called up by the Latvian government to attend damage-assessment courses in Kalinin, after which she was posted to the Commissariat of Municipal Economy in Daugavpils. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Riga.
In 1945, she and her husband moved to Ventspils, returning to Riga in 1946. She was a homemaker from 1945 to 1949, worked as an accountant at Housing Management Office No. 1145 (1949–1953), was again supported by her husband (1953–1964), and worked as an accountant in Canteen No. 10 (1964–1965).
She was married to Pyotr Vasilievich Vasilyev (b. 1907, Voronezh – d. 1972, Riga). They had a daughter, Larisa Petrovna Shnaider (née Vasilyeva) (b. 1945, Ventspils), and a son, Boris Petrovich Vasilyev (1947–1982, Riga).
In 1990, Lea Vasilieva she received permission to emigrate to Israel, where her sister Miryam Shlaumovna Shmuelovich (née Feitelberg) (b. 1922, Ventspils) had been living since 1971.
Family:
Shlaum Shmulovich Feitelberg (1884–1946) – father
Sara Eta Leibovna Feitelberg (née Magarshak) (1888–1982) – mother
Miryam Shlaumovna Shmuelovich (née Feitelberg) (b. 1922) – sister
Pyotr Vasilievich Vasiliev (1907–1972) – husband
Larisa Petrovna Shnaider (née Vasilieva) (b. 1945) – daughter
Boris Petrovich Vasiliev (1947–1982) – son