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Lydia Zvereva

1890 - 1916

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Lydia Vissarionovna Zvereva (13 August 1890 – 1 May 1916) was a Russian aviation pioneer who is credited with being the first woman in Russia to earn a pilot's license. Although she only lived to the age of 25, Zvereva is recognized for her feats as a female aviator. She competed in air shows in Eastern Europe, and later, with her husband Vladimir Victorovich Slusarenko, Zvereva operated an aircraft manufacturing factory in Riga. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lydia Zvereva is the 64th most popular pilot (up from 65th in 2019), the 2,326th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,379th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Lydia Zvereva ranks 64 out of 71. Before her are Hélène Boucher, Adrienne Bolland, Viktor Talalikhin, Jerrie Cobb, Lotfia Elnadi, and Charles Kingsford Smith. After her are Mikhail Gromov, Péter Besenyei, Yves Rossy, Svetlana Kapanina, Cornelia Fort, and Harry Cobby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Lydia Zvereva ranks 243. Before her are Hatı Çırpan, Willie Applegarth, Caesar ten Cate, Elmer Clifton, August Alle, and Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez. After her are Frank Forde, Per Nilsson, Arvid Spångberg, Lewis H. Brereton, Clara Kimball Young, and Alice Joyce. Among people deceased in 1916, Lydia Zvereva ranks 146. Before her are Aeneas Mackintosh, Gorch Fock, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Charles Ericksen, Guido Gozzano, and Alexander Voeikov. After her are Hermann Martens, Tom Clarke, Joseph Plunkett, George Butterworth, Wilhelm Lützow, and Seán Mac Diarmada.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lydia Zvereva ranks 2,326 out of 3,761. Before her are Aleksandr Rogozhkin (1949), Tetyana Dorovskikh (1961), Alexandra Kosteniuk (1984), Konstantin Loktev (1933), Ivan Moskvin (1874), and Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862). After her are Sergey Bezrukov (1973), Oleg Golovanov (1934), Ivan Yakovlev (1848), Aleksandr Lazutkin (1957), Vitaly Petrov (1984), and Anton Siluanov (1963).

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Among PILOTS In Russia

Among pilots born in Russia, Lydia Zvereva ranks 14. Before her are Maguba Syrtlanova (1912), Anna Yegorova (1916), Nikolai Kamanin (1908), Mariya Dolina (1922), Tatyana Makarova (1920), and Viktor Talalikhin (1918). After her are Mikhail Gromov (1899).

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