Vilnits Irina Alexandrovna (née Rifman; previously married name – Shinkar) (24 January 1953, Berezniki) – economist.

Irina Vilnits was born into the family of Alexander Mikhailovich Rifman (1928, Kharkiv, Ukraine – 1969, Shchyokino, Tula Oblast) and Rada Samoylovna Kaplan (1930, Stalino, now Donetsk – 1979, Moscow). There is no information in the available records regarding her education. From 1974 to 1992, she worked as an economist at a ship repair plant serving the river fleet.

She married Borukh Lvovich Vilnits (born 1939, Dvinsk, now Daugavpils), with whom she had a daughter, Rada Borukhovna Vilnits (born 1989, Riga).

In 1992, Irina Vilnits received permission to emigrate to the United States, where her husband’s sister, Emma Lvovna Vilnits (born 1946, Daugavpils), had been living since 1989.

Family:

Alexander Mikhailovich Rifman (1928–1969) – father
Rada Samoylovna Kaplan (1930–1979) – mother
Mark Daniyelevich Shinkar (born 1977, Jelgava, Latvia) – son from her first marriage
Borukh Lvovich Vilnits (born 1939) – second husband
Rada Borukhovna Vilnits (born 1989) – daughter from second marriage