# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mariya-nesterenko
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:36:23.964Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mariya-nesterenko"
name: "Mariya Nesterenko"
slug: "mariya-nesterenko"
description: "Mariya Petrivna Nesterenko was a Soviet pilot who rose to the rank of major in the Air Force and became a deputy regimental commander before she was executed for being the wife of Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Rychagov, a victim of one of NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria's purges of the air force. She, her husband, and the other victims were posthumously rehabilitated after Stalin died."
tagline: "Female Soviet pilot executed during purge of Soviet Air Forces. Posthumously rehabilitated. (1910–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1910"
deathDate: "1941-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.21
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.428188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Нестеренко Марія Петрівна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ماريا نيستيرينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B"
    title: "মাৰিয়া নেষ্টেৰেংকো"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Nesterenko"
    title: "Mariya Nesterenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Нестеренко Мария Петровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Nesterenko"
    title: "Mariya Nesterenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Nesterenko"
    title: "María Nesterenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Nesterenko"
    title: "Maria Nesterenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Niestierienko"
    title: "Marija Niestierienko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Nesterenko"
    title: "Maria Nesterenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Нестеренко, Мария Петровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4317744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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