Anna Lisitsyna

Anna Mikhaylovna Lisitsyna
Анна Михайловна Лисицына
Born14 February 1922
Zhitnoruchey village, Karelia, Russian SFSR
Died3 August 1942 (aged 20)
Svir River, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Cause of deathDrowning
Nationality Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Star

Anna Mikhaylovna Lisitsyna (Russian: А́нна Миха́йловна Лиси́цына; Veps: Anna Lisicina, Mihailan tütär; 14 February 1922 – 3 August 1942) was a Soviet partisan who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 25 September 1943 for her resistance activities.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sakaida, Henry (2012-04-20). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 9781780966922.
  2. ^ Залесский, Константин (2017-09-05). Великая Отечественная война. Большая биографическая энциклопедия (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5457276970.