Larisa was born in a small town in Ukraine where her maternal grandparents lived.  At one month of age, Larisa's family moved back to Moscow.  Her sister, Irina, was seven years older than Larisa.  The family lived in one room in a two-story building that housed 12 families per floor.  Each family had only one room to live in.  In 1941, Larisa's father was drafted into the Russian army and in August of that year Larisa, Irina and their mother were evacuated to Kemerovo, Siberia.  Larisa got very sick on the journey which took two weeks by train.  She slept on the floor for those two weeks on top of their suitcases.  There was not a lot of food while in Siberia.  In 1943, Larisa's mother was allowed to accompany a wounded soldier back to Moscow, but she was only allowed to take one child with her.  She took Larisa with her and Irina, who was only 11 years old at the time, stayed in Kemerovo.  At the end of the war, Irina returned to Moscow to be with her mother.  Larisa's mother had to go to work to support them and Larisa stayed with a neighbor who had two children as well.  Larisa still keeps in touch with that child today.  After her father returned from the war, he went back to work as a civil engineer.  Larisa's uncle, her father's brother, Leonid, was killed during the war at age 25, as well as her mother's nephew, Alex, who was 22 years old.  Larisa and her sister went to public school.  A Jewish education was not allowed in Russia as well as the government did not allow the practicing of Judaism.    

Larisa married Alexander Uonovich Tylevich in 1960 and had one daughter, Elizabeth.   Coincidentally, Larisa's father and father-in-law were roommates in University and both moved to Moscow where they got jobs.  After each got married, their wives became friends.  However, life became very difficult in Moscow due to the collapse of the Soviet Union.  Larisa's family decided to move to the United States.  On June 30, 1991, Larisa and her mother arrived in New York and on July 1, 1991, they came to Detroit where Larisa's nephew and his wife were already living.  They lived with their nephew for about one month and then got their own apartment in Lincoln Towers.  Larisa's daughter, Elizabeth, moved to Israel.  She has two children.  Larisa's husband followed their daughter to Israel.  Larisa's husband died at the age of 60 of a heart attack.   In 1999, Larisa's daughter, Elizabeth, moved to the United States with her two children.  

That we should live in peace.  Future generations should get the best education they can.