Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya | |
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| Born | September 13, 1923 Osino-Gay, Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | November 29, 1941 (aged 18) Petrishchevo, Moscow Oblast, German-occupied USSR |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin |
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya[1] (Russian: Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, IPA: [ˈzojə kəsmədʲɪˈmʲjanskəjə]; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan.[2] She was executed after acts of sabotage against the invading armies of Nazi Germany; after stories emerged of her defiance towards her captors, she was posthumously declared a Hero of the Soviet Union.[3] She became one of the most revered heroines of the Soviet Union.[4][5]
- ^ Also transliterated Kosmodem'yanskaya.
- ^ Pravda.ru Russian women heroes of the Great Patriotic War Archived June 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, a photo report
- ^ Kazimiera J. Cottam: Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers, ISBN 0-9682702-2-0, page 297
- ^ The Voice of Russia: Road to Victory: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Archived April 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О присвоении звания Героя Советского Союза т. т. Гурьянову М. А., Космодемьянской З. А., Кузину И. Н., особо отличившимся в партизанской борьбы в тылу против немецких захватчиков» от 16 февраля 1942 года // Ведомости Верховного Совета Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : газета. — 1942. — 10 марта (№ 7 (166)). — С. 1.