SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

1923 - 1941

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Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya (Russian: Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, IPA: [ˈzojə kəsmədʲɪˈmʲjanskəjə]; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan. She was executed after acts of sabotage against the invading armies of Nazi Germany. After stories emerged of her defiance towards her captors, she was posthumously declared a Hero of the Soviet Union. She became one of the most revered heroines of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya is the 155th most popular social activist (up from 160th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Russia (up from 456th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Social Activist.

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was a Soviet partisan during World War II. She was captured by the Nazis and tortured to death. She is most famous for her bravery and her defiance in the face of death.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ranks 155 out of 840. Before her are Vlado Chernozemski, Yiannis Ritsos, Beppe Grillo, Ilya Ulyanov, Bertha Pappenheim, and Frances Willard. After her are Judas of Galilee, Soh Jaipil, Musa al-Sadr, Abimael Guzmán, Hilda Gadea, and Amal Clooney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ranks 60. Before her are Walter Kohn, René Thom, Freeman Dyson, Mukesh, Stephanie Kwolek, and Jorge Semprún. After her are Antonio Quarracino, Horst Tappert, Agatha Barbara, Merton Miller, Victoria de los Ángeles, and Rudolph A. Marcus. Among people deceased in 1941, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ranks 43. Before her are Günther Lütjens, Louis Chevrolet, Günther Prien, Annie Jump Cannon, Christian Rakovsky, and Mikhail Kirponos. After her are Sisowath Monivong, Tullio Levi-Civita, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Hans Driesch, Paul-Jacques Curie, and Dmitry Pavlov.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ranks 391 out of 3,761. Before her are Anna Dostoevskaya (1846), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Andre Geim (1958), Ramzan Kadyrov (1976), Andrei Bely (1880), and Aleksandr Karelin (1967). After her are Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia (1882), Viktor Tsoi (1962), Velimir Khlebnikov (1885), Mengu-Timur (1235), Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (1943), and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Russia

Among social activists born in Russia, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya ranks 10. Before her are Alexey Stakhanov (1906), Aleksandr Ulyanov (1866), Alexei Navalny (1976), Stenka Razin (1630), Sergey Nechayev (1847), and Ilya Ulyanov (1831). After her are Maria Spiridonova (1884), Ales Bialiatski (1962), Vladimir Bukovsky (1942), Dmitry Muratov (1961), Sophia Perovskaya (1853), and Sergey Taboritsky (1897).

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