Sariya Lakoba

Sariya Lakoba
Сария Лакоба (Russian)
Born
Sariya Dzhikh-Ogly

1904
Died16 May 1939(1939-05-16) (aged 34–35)
EducationSelf-educated
Known forResistance against the NKVD during the Great Purge
SpouseNestor Lakoba (m. 1921)
ChildrenRauf Lakoba

Sariya Akhmedovna Lakoba (Russian: Сария Ахмедовна Лакоба; née Dzhikh-Ogly; 1904 – 16 May 1939) was a Soviet woman and a victim of the Great Purge. Born into a wealthy Adjarian noble family in Batum, she was raised in a conservative Muslim household. Although she never finished formal schooling, she was a self-educated polyglot who spoke several languages and was an avid collector of literature.