Mariya Oktyabrskaya Марія Октябрська | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 August 1905 Crimea, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 March 1944 Smolensk, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Shrapnel |
| Nationality | Soviet Ukrainian |
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya was a Soviet Red Army soldier.
Great Patriotic War
After Nazis killed her husband, Oktyabrskaya sold all her possessions and used the money to buy T-34 tank. After five months of training, she participated in an assault against the Nazis in October 1943, where she destroyed Nazi machine gun nests and artillery pieces. In 1944, an anti-tank shell hit her tank while she was repairing it, and the shrapnel hit her head and put her in a coma. She died two months later and was posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.[1]
References
- ↑ "Saluting anti-fascist heroes on the anniversary of Victory Day" (2022-05-09). Liberation News. Archived from the original on 2022-06-12. Retrieved 2022-10-15.