Larisa Stepanovna Ratushnaya | |
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Лариса Степановна Ратушная | |
Born | 9 January 1921 Tyvriv, Vinnytsia Province, Podolia Governorate |
Died | 18 March 1944 (aged 23) |
Nationality | Soviet Union |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin |
Larisa Ratushnaya (Russian: Лариса Ратушная; 9 January 1921 – 18 March 1944) was a Soviet partisan and underground resistance fighter. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 8 May 1965 twenty years after the end of the war.[1]