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Yevdokiya Bershanskaya

1913 - 1982

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Yevdokiya Davidovna Bershanskaya (Russian: Евдокия Давыдовна Бершанская; 6 February 1913, in Dobrovolnoye, Stavropol – 16 September 1982, in Moscow) was the regimental commander of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II and became the only woman ever awarded the Order of Suvorov. Under her command twenty-three aviators in the regiment became Heroes of the Soviet Union for their successful bombing missions against the Axis. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yevdokiya Bershanskaya is the 1,845th most popular military personnel (up from 1,861st in 2019), the 1,966th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,035th in 2019) and the 144th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 1,845 out of 2,058. Before her are Harry Crerar, Francis Pegahmagabow, Christopher Cradock, Márcio Melo, Olha Ilkiv, and John F. Reynolds. After her are Adrianos Komnenos, Mindarus, Billy Bishop, Jonathan M. Wainwright, John Eisenhower, and James Wilkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 292. Before her are Cordwainer Smith, Mary Martin, Tony Zale, Hans-Peter Tschudi, Ted Grant, and Severino Varela. After her are Qiao Guanhua, Betty Field, Homai Vyarawalla, Andor Földes, Jacinto Convit, and Kalevi Kotkas. Among people deceased in 1982, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 236. Before her are Renato Sáinz, Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Alberto Vargas, Henri Dulieux, Eleanor Powell, and Erwin Casmir. After her are Pedro Solé, Clyde King, Victor Jory, Raisa Aronova, Iryna Vilde, and Věra Suková.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 1,966 out of 3,761. Before her are Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), Islam Makhachev (1991), Fyodor Cherenkov (1959), Larisa Petrik (1949), Artur Yusupov (1960), and Irina Antonova (1922). After her are Aleksandr Privalov (1933), Alexander Rosenbaum (1951), Yury Sharov (1939), Alexander Dityatin (1957), Sergey Nikolsky (1905), and Lev Kassil (1905).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 144. Before her are Zhanna Yorkina (1939), Duke Alexander of Oldenburg (1844), Mariya Polivanova (1922), Aleksei Evert (1857), Dmitry Lavrinenko (1914), and Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov (1806). After her are Afanasy Beloborodov (1903), Musa Gareyev (1922), Mariya Smirnova (1920), Rufina Gasheva (1921), Mikhail Yefremov (1897), and Arseny Golovko (1906).

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