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Gnarovskaya, Valeria Osipovna

Date of birth:
October 18th, 1923
Date of death:
September 23rd, 1943
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Heroine of the Soviet Union

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
medical instructor, private
Unit:
907th Infantry Regiment, 244th Infantry Division, 12th Army, Southwestern Front
Awarded on:
1942
"Received for exclusive courage in saving from the battlefields of more than 300 wounded soldiers and officers. During the battles she personally killed 28 German Fascist soldiers."
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 2nd, 1944
On September 23, 1943, in the battle near the village of Ivanenki of Zaporozhye region of Ukraine, 19-years old Valeria Gnarovskaya sacrificed her life defending the Regiment headquarters and field hospital. In order to shield the wounded, she rushed with a grenades in her hand under one of two approaching German tanks "Tiger". Another tank was destroyed by the soldiers. The German attack has been stopped.

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 2nd, 1944

Posthumously awarded
Orden Lenina

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