Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
1923 – 1941 · aged 18
Soviet resistance member of World War II and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1923–1941)
- Born
- 13 Sept 1923 · Osino-Gai
- Died
- 29 Nov 1941 · Petrischevo
Life timeline
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- 13 Sept 1923BornBorn in Osino-Gai
- 1941 – 1945WarEastern Front
- 29 Nov 1941DiedDied in Petrischevo
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Major world events during their lifetime (1923 – 1941).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
Biography
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.
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