Mariya Lagunova

Mariya Ivanovna Lagunova
Native name
Мария Ивановна Лагунова
Born4 July 1921
Okonechnikovo village, Kamensky district, Yekaterinburg Governorate, RSFSR
Died26 December 1995
Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
AllegianceSoviet Union Soviet Union
Service / branchRed Army
AwardsOrder of the Red Star

Mariya Ivanovna Lagunova (Russian: Мария Ивановна Лагунова; 4 July 1921 – 26 December 1995) – was a Soviet tank driver.[1] She was a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. During the war, she served with the 56th Guards Tank Brigade as a mechanic-driver of a T-34 tank, and eventually achieved the rank of guard sergeant.[2]

  1. ^ Tikhy, Yuri (25 February 2016). "Mechanic-driver of a steel machine". Progress of Primorye. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ Skvortsov, Valery (4 August 2015). "No one is forgotten". Newspaper "New Lots". Retrieved 19 May 2018.