Nadezhda Troyan | |
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| Native name | Надзея Віктараўна Траян |
| Born | 24 October 1921 Drissa, Byelorussian SSR (now Verkhnyadzvinsk, Belarus) |
| Died | 7 September 2011 (aged 89) Moscow, Russia |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of the Red Banner of Labour (2) Order of the Red Star |
Nadezhda Viktorovna Troyan (Belarusian: Надзея Віктараўна Траян, Nadzieja Viktaraŭna Trajan; Russian: Надежда Викторовна Троян; 24 October 1921 – 7 September 2011) was a Soviet Belarusian intelligence officer who also served as a nurse in a partisan unit. She is most known for her role in the assassination of Wilhelm Kube, for which she and her fellow co-conspirators were honored with the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 29 October 1943.[1]
- ^ Sakaida, Henry (20 April 2012). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781780966922.