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Lydia Litvyak

1921 - 1943

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Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Russian: Лидия Владимировна Литвяк; 18 August 1921 – 1 August 1943), also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from thirteen to fourteen solo victories and four to five shared kills in her 66 combat sorties. In about two years of operations, she was the first female fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first of two female fighter pilots who have earned the title of fighter ace and the holder of the record for the greatest number of kills by a female fighter pilot. She was shot down near Orel during the Battle of Kursk as she attacked a formation of German aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lydia Litvyak is the 4,643rd most popular politician (down from 4,569th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 438th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular Russian Politician.

Lydia Litvyak was a Russian fighter pilot who was killed in combat in 1943. She was the first female fighter pilot in the world to shoot down an enemy aircraft, and she was the only woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Among politicians, Lydia Litvyak ranks 4,643 out of 19,576. Before her are I. I. Chundrigar, Ranjit Singh, Tokugawa Iemochi, Ramiro I of Asturias, Theobald II of Navarre, and Wu Zixu. After her are Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Ashot I of Armenia, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, Norodom of Cambodia, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, and Bertha of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lydia Litvyak ranks 76. Before her are Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Harry Daghlian, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Murray Bookchin, Peter Benenson, and Franco Corelli. After her are Farida of Egypt, Nobuo Matsunaga, Harry Carey Jr., Paul Watzlawick, Viktor Kulikov, and Donna Reed. Among people deceased in 1943, Lydia Litvyak ranks 41. Before her are Aurel Stein, Oskar Schlemmer, André Antoine, Charley Paddock, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and Nordahl Grieg. After her are Jane Avril, Franz Oppenheimer, Luz Long, Viktor Lutze, Akira Matsunaga, and Pavel Milyukov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lydia Litvyak ranks 403 out of 3,761. Before her are Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), Sophia Tolstaya (1844), and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831). After her are Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Mikhail Vrubel (1856), and Ivan Serov (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Lydia Litvyak ranks 123. Before her are Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Mengu-Timur (1235), Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Anatoly Sobchak (1937), Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788), and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831). After her are Vladimir Kryuchkov (1924), Ivan Serov (1905), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808).

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