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Yuliia Paievska

1968 - Today

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Yuliia Heorhiivna "Taira" Paievska (Ukrainian: Ю́лія Гео́ргіївна Пає́вська; sometimes written as Yulia Paevska) is a Ukrainian medic who founded the volunteer ambulance corps "Taira's Angels" during the Russo-Ukrainian War. She was captured and imprisoned by Russian soldiers on March 16, 2022 and released on June 17, 2022. She became a symbol of bravery and sacrifice according to the New York Times. Paievska served as a volunteer street medic during the Euromaidan protests in 2013, then as a tactical medicine trainer on the front lines in Donbas from 2014 until 2018, where she founded "Taira's Angels", who are credited with saving hundreds of lives, including Ukrainian civilians, Ukrainian soldiers, separatist militants, and Russian soldiers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Yuliia Paievska is the 1,992nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,950th in 2024), the 997th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 935th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yuliia Paievska ranks 1,996 out of 2,058. Before her are Keith Park, Lisa Franchetti, Charles James Napier, Daniel Harvey Hill, Maues, Evan McMullin, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, Alejandro Castro Espín, and John Hunt, Baron Hunt. After her are Isa Munayev, and Ruslan Gelayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Yuliia Paievska ranks 432. Before her are Anky van Grunsven, Svetlana Masterkova, Hernán Medford, Mathilde Seigner, Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev, and Alain Sutter. After her are Robert Korzeniowski, Sarah McLachlan, Heather Mills, Ján Svorada, Jürgen Vogel, and Lior Ashkenazi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yuliia Paievska ranks 997 out of 1,365. Before her are Viktor Pasulko (1961), Natasha Yarovenko (1979), Taisia Povaliy (1964), Viktor Skrypnyk (1969), Oleh Lyashko (1972), and Vitaliy Zakharchenko (1963). After her are Sergei Semak (1976), Marians Pahars (1976), Nadiya Savchenko (1981), Yuri Budanov (1963), Volodymyr Lyutyi (1962), and Alexandr Dolgopolov (1988).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ukraine

Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Yuliia Paievska ranks 50. Before her are Serhiy Shaptala (1973), Marie Ljalková (1920), Józef Kowalski (1900), Olha Ilkiv (1920), Kyrylo Budanov (1986), and Stepan Poltorak (1965). After her are Yuri Budanov (1963), Denis Berezovsky (1974), Vladimir Vysotsky (1954), Mikhail Tolstykh (1980), Mykola Oleshchuk (1972), and Tetiana Ostashchenko (1974).

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