Tatyana Nikolayevna Baramzina | |
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Native name | Татьяна Николаевна Барамзина |
Born | Glazov, Russian SFSR | 19 December 1919
Died | 5 July 1944 Pekalin, Smalyavichy, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | (aged 24)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service | Red Army |
Years of service | 1943–1944 |
Rank | Corporal |
Unit | 252nd Rifle Regiment |
Battles / wars | World War II † |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Tatyana Nikolayevna Baramzina (Russian: Татья́на Никола́евна Барамзина́; 19 December 1919 – 5 July 1944) was a Soviet sniper and telephone operator in World War II who was posthumously awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on 24 March 1945 for her self-sacrifice to defend wounded Red Army soldiers.
A volunteer, she chose to be part of a risking early landing operation to block German forces from using a strategic road in Belarus in the early phase of Operation Bagration. After her landing group suffered heavy casualties she had the option of hiding in a rye field to wait for reinforcements, but chose instead to stay behind and defend a dugout of wounded soldiers.