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Mariya Smirnova

1920 - 2002

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Mariya Vasilyevna Smirnova (Russian: Мария Васильевна Смирнова; 31 March 1920 – 10 July 2002) was a squadron commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment (nicknamed the "Night Witches") of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. For her actions during the war, she was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on 26 October 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Mariya Smirnova is the 1,880th most popular military personnel (down from 1,876th in 2024), the 2,057th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,101st in 2019) and the 147th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mariya Smirnova ranks 1,883 out of 2,058. Before her are George Crook, A. P. Hill, Miles Dempsey, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Boston Corbett, Musa Gareyev, Marcellinus, Martin Dempsey, and Johannes Block. After her are Israel Putnam, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, and Michael Mullen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mariya Smirnova ranks 368. Before her are Neville Brand, Raisa Aronova, Cecilia Colledge, Ingemar Hedberg, Hemanta Mukherjee, and Vera Ralston. After her are Ralph Meeker, William Colby, William Tenn, Osamu Hayaishi, Bella Abzug, and Stan Musial. Among people deceased in 2002, Mariya Smirnova ranks 266. Before her are Peter Blau, Hellmuth Marx, Chaim Potok, Mikayil Abdullayev, Anatoli Bashashkin, and David Todd Wilkinson. After her are Ekrem Akurgal, Mikhail Krug, Neal E. Miller, Lonnie Donegan, John Gorton, and Walter Winterbottom.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mariya Smirnova ranks 2,057 out of 3,761. Before her are Viktor Pavlov (1940), Musa Gareyev (1922), Galina Gorokhova (1938), Anatoly Kuznetsov (1930), Georgi Yumatov (1926), and Lyudmila Narusova (1951). After her are Alexander Shishkov (1754), Tamara Moskvina (1941), Mikhail Somov (1908), Mikhail Tyurin (1960), Sergey Urusevsky (1908), and Vassili Poyarkov (null).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Mariya Smirnova ranks 147. Before her are Aleksei Evert (1857), Dmitry Lavrinenko (1914), Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov (1806), Yevdokiya Bershanskaya (1913), Afanasy Beloborodov (1903), and Musa Gareyev (1922). After her are Rufina Gasheva (1921), Mikhail Yefremov (1897), Arseny Golovko (1906), Aleksandr Lapin (1964), Igor Sergun (1957), and Igor Kirillov (1970).

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