Elizaveta Pavlovna Kiškina

Li Sha, born Ye Liza Vitalievna Kishkina in 1914 in the Saratov region of the former Soviet Union, was a renowned Russian language educator. From a young age, she was filled with revolutionary conviction, participating in political activities at the age of 14. In 1931, she graduated from the Moscow Publishing and Printing Technical School and supported the development of Siberia. In 1936, she married Chinese revolutionary Li Lisan; their family life was full of joy. Subsequently, Li Sha taught Russian at several higher education institutions in China. In 1946, she officially worked under the Chinese name "Li Sha." After the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1979, she returned to the education sector and served until she retired in 1996 due to heart disease. Li Sha actively participated in various social and educational organizations and received numerous honors, including the Pushkin Medal in 1998 and the Legion of Honor awarded by the French government in 2013. She passed away in May 2015 at the age of 101. Throughout her life, she made a profound impact on the educational community and society at large, earning high praise and mourning from various circles, and demonstrating her significant contribution to Sino-Russian friendship and cultural exchange.