Zinaida Portnova

Zinaida Portnova
Portnova on a 1978 Soviet stamp
Born	(1926-02-20)20 February 1926 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	15 January 1944(1944-01-15) (aged 17) Polotsk, Reichskommissariat Ostland
Organization	Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

Zinaida Martynovna Portnova (Russian: Зинаида Мартыновна Портнова; 20 February 1926 – 15 January 1944) was a Soviet teenager, partisan and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. She is known for sabotaging and poisoning Nazis during World War II before being captured, tortured and then killed at the age of 17.