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Polina Osipenko

1907 - 1939

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Polina Denisovna Osipenko (Russian: Полина Денисовна Осипенко, Ukrainian: Поліна Денисівна Осипенко, romanized: Polina Denysivna Osypenko; 8 October 1907 – 11 May 1939) was a Soviet military pilot who, with Valentina Grizodubova and Marina Raskova on 24–25 September 1938, performed a nonstop flight between Moscow and the Sea of Okhotsk, setting a new women's nonstop flight distance record. For this, they were the first three women made Heroes of the Soviet Union on 2 November 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Polina Osipenko is the 42nd most popular pilot (down from 34th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 544th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Pilot.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Polina Osipenko ranks 42 out of 71. Before her are Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Jean Mermoz, Olga Sanfirova, Helmut Wick, and Bessie Coleman. After her are Steponas Darius, Gotthard Handrick, Nikolai Gastello, Jacqueline Auriol, Natalya Meklin, and Vladimir Kokkinaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Polina Osipenko ranks 245. Before her are Émile Veinante, Alexander Knox, Jack Albertson, Víctor Avendaño, Philip Arthur Fisher, and Israel Regardie. After her are Hugo Strauß, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Wanda Jakubowska, Petro Grigorenko, Bep van Klaveren, and Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu. Among people deceased in 1939, Polina Osipenko ranks 113. Before her are Henri Jaspar, Wojciech Korfanty, Otto Siffling, Aleksander Brückner, Eulalio Gutiérrez, and Edmund Beecher Wilson. After her are Olav Duun, Alberto Palacio, Gwen John, Halil Pasha, Vladislav Khodasevich, and Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Polina Osipenko ranks 647 out of 1,365. Before her are Franciszek Kleeberg (1888), Yuri Shaporin (1887), Lucian Pintilie (1933), Olena Chekan (1946), Oleksandr Murashko (1875), and Nikolay Shchors (1895). After her are Vasyl Stefanyk (1871), Volodymyr Groysman (1978), Nadezhda Tkachenko (1948), Ivan Martos (1754), Sergey Kozlov (1963), and Emma Andijewska (1931).

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Among PILOTS In Ukraine

Among pilots born in Ukraine, Polina Osipenko ranks 4. Before her are Ivan Kozhedub (1920), Igor Volk (1937), and Janina Lewandowska (1908). After her are Natalya Meklin (1922).

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