Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya | |
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Born | September 13, 1923 Osino-Gay, Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union |
Died | November 29, 1941 Petrishchevo, Moscow Oblast, German-occupied USSR | (aged 18)
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Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin |
Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya[1] (Russian: Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, IPA: [ˈzojə kəsmədʲɪˈmʲjanskəjə]; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan.[2] She was executed after acts of sabotage against the invading armies of Nazi Germany. But after stories emerged of her defiance towards her captors, she was posthumously declared a Hero of the Soviet Union.[3] She became one of the most revered heroines of the Soviet Union.[4][5]