Darya Dyachenko

Darya Grigorievna Dyachenko
Native name
Дарья Григорьевна Дьяченко
Born2 April 1924
Kumari, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died2 April 1944 (aged 20)
Tiraspol, Transnistria Governorate
Allegiance Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin

Darya Grigorievna Dyachenko (Russian: Да́рья Григо́рьевна Дьяче́нко; 2 April 1924 – 2 April 1944) was a member of the underground Komsomol guerilla organization based in Mykolaiv and the head of the partisan group's youth chapter. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 1 July 1958 by decree of the Supreme Soviet.[1]

  1. ^ Sakaida, Henry (2012-04-20). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 9781780966922.