# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mariya-smirnova
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:08:10.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mariya-smirnova"
name: "Mariya Smirnova"
slug: "mariya-smirnova"
description: "Mariya Vasilyevna Smirnova was a squadron commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. For her actions during the war, she was made a Hero of the Soviet Union on 26 October 1944."
tagline: "Squadron commander in the \"Night Witches\", Hero of the Soviet Union"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Smirnova_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1920-03-31"
deathDate: "2002-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.027144
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Mariya Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا سميرنوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا سميرنوڤا (عسكريه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смирнова Мария Васильевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марыя Васільеўна Смірнова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μαρίγια Σμιρνόβα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mariya Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Smirnova"
    title: "María Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Smirnova"
    title: "Maria Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Smirnova"
    title: "Mariya Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Vasil'evna_Smirnova"
    title: "Marija Vasil'evna Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Марија Смирнова"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Smirnowa_(pilotka)"
    title: "Marija Smirnowa (pilotka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Smirnova"
    title: "Maria Smirnova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смирнова, Мария Васильевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смирнова, Мария Васильевна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Смирнова Марія Василівна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3291054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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