Back مارينا پوپوڤيتش ARZ Попович Марина Лаврентьевна Bashkir Marina Popovich BCL Марына Лаўрэнцьеўна Паповіч Byelorussian Marina Popóvitx Catalan Marina Popovich Welsh Marina Lawrentjewna Popowitsch German Marina Popóvich Spanish Marina Popovitch French Marina Popovič Italian
Marina Popovich | |
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 Popovich in 2014 | |
| Born | Marina Lavrentyevna Vasilyeva 20 July 1931 Leonenki, Velizhsky District, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 30 November 2017 (aged 86) Krasnodar, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Pilot, author |
| Known for | 102 world records |
| Spouse(s) |
Boris Zhikhorev |
| Children | 2 daughters |
Marina Lavrentyevna Zhikhoreva (Russian: Марина Лаврентьевна Жихорева; formerly Popovich [Попович]; née Vasilyeva [Васильева]; 30 July 1931 – 30 November 2017) was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break the sound barrier.[1] Known as "Madame MiG", for her work in the Soviet fighter, she set more than one hundred aviation world records on over 40 types of aircraft over her career.[1][2]
- ^ a b "Биография летчика-испытателя Марины Попович" (in Russian). TASS. 2017-11-30.
- ^ Russian Cosmonaut Marina Popovich discloses UFOs. - ExopoliticsTV interview with Alfred Lambremont Webre.