Tsirlin Family: Galina Semenovna Ginzburg (Gal Tuval)

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Galina A gathering of refuseniks Galina's kindergarden

Father: Semion Ginzburg

Mother: no information

Spouse:

  1. Yevgeny Ilyich Tsirlin (Ben Tuval)

Children:

Biographical Information

Born 1945, in Moscow. Married Yevgeny around 1971.

Filed for emigration to Israel in 1977, and were refused. Became active in the refusenik community with others such as Anatoly Sharansky, Yuri Stern, Yosif Begun, Dina Beilin, Vladimir Slepak, Boris Chernobilsky. Fired from her job, established a Jewish kindergarten.

Emigrated to Israel about 1980 with family. Yevgeny, Galina, Aleksei, and Anya Tsirlin became Ben, Gal, David, Hanna (later Ann) Tuval.

Moved to Kiryat Bialik in 1982, then to Haifa. Divorced in 1988. Returned at some point to Moscow.

Source: David Tuval, Jan. 2000.

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Created October 2002.