Tel- Aviv Dolphinarium Terror Attact, 21 Victims

Anya Kachkova, 16, Holon

Anya emigrated from Russia two years ago with her mother and brother, 12. She was in the 11th grade at the Shevah high school in Tel Aviv, studying robotics. Both parents were surgeons in Russia. Anya's father died seven years ago. Her mother, who planned to take the Israeli qualifying exams to practice medicine, told reporters that Anya had meningitis as an infant, but overcame the illness. Anya's best friend, Mariana Madbaneko, was also killed. The two were in the same class at school and had gone to the disco together. "They never left each other's side," Anya's mother said. "They were together all the time."



Ilia Gutman, 19,

Bat Yam Ilia emigrated from Kazakhstan nine years ago with his parents, Larissa and Boris, and his brother Michael. He graduated from Sharett high school in Bat Yam and planned to study computers. He was exempted from army service so he could help care for his severely disabled brother. His cousin, Leonid Gutman, said Ilia and his best friend, Roman Dezanshvili, who was also killed Friday, visited him before going to the discotheque.



Irena Nafmaniashtsy, 16,

Bat Yam Irena emigrated from Uzbekistan five years ago with her family. She studied business administration at the Shevah high school in Tel Aviv. Keren Benayoun, vice principal at the school, said Irena was very intelligent and vivacious, serious about her studies but also fun-loving. She was two weeks away from her 17th birthday. She leaves behind both her parents and a younger brother.



Irena Usdachi, 18,

Holon Irena emigrated from the Ukraine four years ago with her mother. Her parents are separated. Irena was an 11th-grader at Holon's Herzog high school and also worked after school. School principal Ruti Tendler said Irena was a remarkably industrious, intelligent girl, who had chosen a difficult course of study in Russian language and literature. A memorial to her is already in place at the entrance to the school.



Liana Skian, 16,

Tel Aviv Liana emigrated from Russia with her parents and a twin brother two years ago. A friend of hers said that, despite her family's absorption difficulties, she had tried to integrate into Israeli society as quickly as possible. Liana went to the disco with two girlfriends, who were injured in the blast that killed her.



Yelena, 18, and Yuli Nelimov, 16,

Tel Aviv The two Nelimov sisters emigrated from Russia five years ago with their mother, Ella, their brother Sasha, now 14, and their grandmother. Their father stayed back. A family friend said it was the girls who pressed for the family to immigrate to Israel. Yelena graduated from Shevah high school, while Yulia was a student at Miftan Alon. Both planned to continue their studies. Last night, the family's apartment in the Hatikva neighborhood was filled with relatives and friends. They came to comfort Ella at her loss. Friends said the girls loved dancing and going out; they were very social. Some of their friends were injured in the blast that killed them.



Mariana Madbaneko, 16,

Tel Aviv Mariana emigrated from northern Russian two years ago with her parents, twin 14-year-old brothers and an 11-year-old brother. She was studying drafting at Tel Aviv's Shevah high school. Her cousin Marik Mazganov said Mariana she loved to laugh, and was very fond of her youngest brother. He said Mariana rarely went to discos. She will be buried this morning at 11:30 at Kibbutz Givat Brenner.



Roman Dezanshvili, 21,

Bat Yam. Roman emigrated from Georgia seven years ago with his mother Genia and his brother Lary. His father, divorced, remained in Georgia. Roman was about to finish a dental technician program at Jaffa's Amal high school, and worked three times a week at a Holon dental clinic. He delayed his army service to complete his studies. His mother said her son was industrious and helped her financially.



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Simona Rodin, 17,

Holon Simona emigrated from Russia 12 years ago with her father, Mark, and mother Ira. She was studying at a private high school in Holon. A cousin said Simona had visited her Friday evening and said she was going to Dolphinarium club she had not been to for five months. "She went there with her best friend, Rita, who was severely wounded and is hospitalized at Wolfson Hospital" in Holon, the cousin said, adding Simona was very close to her parents and was looking forward to serving in the army.



Ori Shahar, 32,

Ramat Gan Shahar, who lived alone and worked as the "house father" at the Geulim community center in Ramat Gan, was out walking for exercise near the Dolphinarium when bomb exploded. Ramat Gan municipality spokesman Memi Pe'er said Ori was a warm and gracious man, who helped the children at the community center. He leaves his parents, a sister and two brothers, one of whom lives in the United States.



Maria Tagilchev, 14,

Netanya Maria emigrated from the Ural Mountains in Russia a year and a half ago with her mother. Her father remained in Russia. Maria was an eighth-grader at the ORT Leibovich school, and was still having trouble with Hebrew, but had many friends. A friend of Maria's was the one who told her mother that Maria was at the Dolphi-Disco. When they got "the phone call," Maria's mother Olga Tagilchev and her partner, Alex, went to the scene. They saw Maria's cell phone among the phones belonging to those who had died in the bombing. Alex identified the body, to spare Maria's mother the added grief



Marina Zhirkovskaya, 17,

Tel Aviv Marina immigrated from Uzbekistan four and a half years ago with her mother and older brother. Her father died two years ago of heart disease. Marina's friend, Natasha, said Friday night was the second time they had gone to the Dolphi-Disco: "They promised it was free for girls last night, so we rushed there." She said she and Marina were holding hands in the queue at the nightclub's entrance, but the force of the explosion drove them apart. Natasha escaped unharmed and helped Marina's mother look for her daughter all night - still hoping Marina had somehow managed to escape as well. "At 4 A.M., we went to Abu Kabir," Natasha said.



Raisa Nomrovsky, 15,

Netanya Raisa emigrated from the former Soviet Union seven years ago with her family. Her family said she loved going out, and Friday was to be her first time in a Tel Aviv club. She was excited about partying in Tel Aviv's big-city scene. Raisa died at that scene. Her neighbor and friend, Maria Tagilchev, also died there.



Caterina Kastaniada, 15,

of Ramat Gan Caterina emigrated from Colombia nine years ago with her mother. Her biological father lives in the United States. Her mother remarried an Israeli, with whom she had a second child, now three. Caterina was a student at the Pitman school in Ramat Gan. Her family did not know for at least seven hours after the blast whether she was dead or alive; her name was not on hospitals' victims lists. They learned yesterday morning she was dead and went to the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine to identify her body. Caterina's close friend, Ilana, was seriously injured in the attack and is hospitalized at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital).



Roman Gurokhovsky, 20,

From the Ukraine Gurokhovsky, who came to Israel as a tourist, died late yesterday afternoon of wounds sustained in the bombing







Aleksei Lupalu, 16,

Bnei Brak Aleksei was a Ukrainian, who came to Israel with his family a year ago as a tourist in order to earn a living. He delivered groceries "from morning to night," his sister Luba said. Relatives said he went to the Dolphi-Disco with a female friend because women were to get in free. The Ukrainian consulate arranged flights for the family and Aleksei's coffin back to the Ukraine. But they were told they had to pay $3,000, and would get no government aid because of their tourist status



Yael Yulya Shckolnic 15 years old from Holon











Diaz Normanov, 21 years old, from Tel Aviv.











Jan Bloom, 25 yeas old.











Yevgenia Dorfman, 15,

Critically injured in the suicide bombing at the Dolphin disco in Tel Aviv on June 1, died Tuesday morning (June 19) of her wounds. Her death brings the death toll in the attack to 21.