Mariya Vladimirovna Melentyeva | |
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| Мария Владимировна Мелентьева | |
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| Born | 24 January 1924 Pryazha, Karelia |
| Died | 2 July 1943 (aged 19) Topornaya Gora, Medvezhyegorsky District, Karelian ASSR |
| Nationality |  Soviet Union |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Order of the Red Star |
Mariya Vladimirovna Melentyeva (Russian: Мари́я Влади́мировна Меле́нтьева; 24 January 1924 – 2 July 1943) was a Soviet partisan from Karelia who was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 25 September 1943 for her resistance activities.[1]
- ^ Sakaida, Henry (2012-04-20). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781780966922.