Mariya Nesterenko | |
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| Birth name | Mariya Petrivna Nesterenko |
| Born | August 1910 Budy, Russian Empire (presently located within the Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine) |
| Died | 28 October 1941 (aged 31) Kuibyshev, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service |  Soviet Air Force |
| Years of service | 1933–1941 |
| Rank | Major |
| Awards | Order of the Red Star Order of the Red Banner of Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Pavel Rychagov |
| Other work | CPSU (1931–1941) |
Mariya Petrivna Nesterenko (Ukrainian: Марія Петрівна Нестеренко; 1910 – 28 October 1941) was a Soviet pilot who rose to the rank of major in the Air Force and became a deputy regimental commander before she was executed for being the wife of Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Rychagov, a victim of one of NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria's purges of the air force. She, her husband, and the other victims were posthumously rehabilitated after Stalin died.[1][2]
- ^ Braithwaite, Rodric (2010). Moscow 1941: A City & Its People at War. Profile Books. p. 258. ISBN 9781847650627.
- ^ Parrish, Michael (1996). The Lesser Terror: Soviet State Security, 1939-1953. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 72. ISBN 9780275951139.