Basharat Mirbabayeva | |
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| Born | 5 December 1916 |
| Died | 20 March 2010 (aged 93) |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire → USSR → Uzbekistan |
| Awards | Medal "For Labour Valour" (1950)[1] Honored Railway Worker of the USSR |
Basharat Mirbabayeva (Russian: Башарат Тулягановна Мирбабаева, Uzbek: Bashorat To‘laganovna Mirboboyeva; 5 December 1916 – 20 March 2010) was a locomotive operator in the Uzbek SSR. In addition to being the first woman in the Uzbek SSR to drive a train, she was also the first Uzbek woman to parachute from an airplane.
- ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников промышленности, сельского науки, культуры и искусства Узбекской ССР". Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). 8 March 1950. p. 4.