# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mariya-tsukanova
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:26:40.229Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mariya-tsukanova"
name: "Mariya Tsukanova"
slug: "mariya-tsukanova"
description: "Mariya Nikitichna Tsukanova was a combat medic in the 355th Independent Guards Naval Infantry Battalion of the Pacific Fleet during World War II. After she was killed in action in August 1945 she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 14 September 1945, becoming the only woman who fought in the Soviet–Japanese War to be awarded the title."
tagline: "Heroine of the Soviet Union (1924–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Nikitichna_Tsukanova_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1924-09-14"
deathDate: "1945-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             6
  historical:           11.37242933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Nikitichna_Tsukanova"
    title: "Maria Nikitichna Tsukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا تسوكانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Цуканова Мария Никитична"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Tsukanova"
    title: "Mariya Tsukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Tsukanova"
    title: "María Tsukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Tsoukanova"
    title: "Maria Tsoukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Tsukanova"
    title: "Mariya Tsukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Nikiti%C4%8Dna_Cukanova"
    title: "Marija Nikitična Cukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Cukanowa"
    title: "Marija Cukanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Tsukanova"
    title: "Mariya Tsukanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Цуканова, Мария Никитична"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2_%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2"
    title: "มารียา ซูคาโนวา"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Цуканова Марія Микитівна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4506129"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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