# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-limanskaya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:58:06.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-limanskaya"
name: "Maria Limanskaya"
slug: "maria-limanskaya"
description: "Mariya Filippovna Limanskaya was a Soviet military traffic guard – a female member of Red Army traffic control units, serving for three years during World War II. She became known as one of the Russian women who directed traffic at the Brandenburg Gate in 1945 after the Battle of Berlin. She then became a symbol of the Allied victory over Germany."
tagline: "Russian librarian and military police"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%83_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1924-04-12"
deathDate: "2024-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.74
  momentum:             3.582089552238807
  historical:           11.70313466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Maria Limanskaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا ليمانسكايا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Limanskaya"
    title: "Mariya Limanskaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Лиманская Мария Филипповна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F"
    title: "Мария Лиманская"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মারিয়া লিমানস্কায়া"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lim%C3%A0nskaia"
    title: "Maria Limànskaia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Filippowna_Limanskaja"
    title: "Marija Filippowna Limanskaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μαρία Λιμάνσκαγια"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Limanskaya"
    title: "Maria Limanskaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Limanskaya"
    title: "Maria Limanskaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Limanska%C3%AFa"
    title: "Maria Limanskaïa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Limanskaya"
    title: "Maria Limanskaya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մարիա Լիմանսկայա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Лиманская, Мария Филипповна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20050715"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump