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Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina

1925 - 2019

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Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina (Russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Михайлова-Дёмина; 22 December 1925 – 24 June 2019) was a combat medic of the Soviet Marines during World War II. During the war, she carried hundreds of wounded men to safety, and was seriously wounded herself three times. She was denied higher awards at the end of the war due to the Soviet Union's unequal treatment of women soldiers. In May 1990, President Mikhail Gorbachev awarded her the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina is the 1,993rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,802nd in 2024), the 2,479th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,853rd in 2019) and the 157th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 1,993 out of 2,058. Before her are Lisa Franchetti, Charles James Napier, Daniel Harvey Hill, Maues, Evan McMullin, and Abu Omar al-Shishani. After her are Alejandro Castro Espín, John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Yuliia Paievska, Isa Munayev, Ruslan Gelayev, and Yuri Budanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 505. Before her are Finn Pedersen, Christopher Zeeman, Kasey Rogers, Slater Martin, Aristid Lindenmayer, and Frank Kameny. After her are June Christy, James Moody, Bob Tinning, Jay Chamberlain, Robert Cormier, and Cara Williams. Among people deceased in 2019, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 530. Before her are Ted Lindsay, Shelley Morrison, Ivor Broadis, Rosa María Britton, Stevie Chalmers, and Ted Burgin. After her are Rip Taylor, Susan Bernard, Pablo Larios, Juan José Muñante, John Singleton, and Sergey Dorenko.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 2,479 out of 3,761. Before her are Roman Madyanov (1962), Aleksandr Poleshchuk (1953), Boris Kagarlitsky (1958), Valentin Kuzin (1926), Yuri Shargin (1960), and El Kazovsky (1948). After her are Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya (1964), Pavel Antokolsky (1896), Herman Gref (1964), Leonid Slutsky (1971), Yura Borisov (1992), and Tatyana Dogileva (1957).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 157. Before her are Aleksandr Lapin (1964), Igor Sergun (1957), Igor Kirillov (1970), Aleksandr Moiseyev (1962), Leonid Khabarov (1947), and Valeriya Gnarovskaya (1923). After her are Isa Munayev (1965), Ruslan Gelayev (1964), Oleg Mityaev (1974), Yevgeny Rodionov (1977), Roman Kutuzov (1969), and Vitaly Gerasimov (1977).

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