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Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina

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Heroine of the Soviet Union and WWII veteran (1925-2019)

Lived 1925 to 2019 · aged 93
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Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina was a combat medic of the Soviet Marines during World War II. During the war, she carried hundreds of wounded men to safety, and was seriously wounded herself three times.

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Awards 29

Order of Lenin
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Medal "For Courage"
Medal "For the Liberation of Belgrade"
Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Florence Nightingale Medal
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Zhukov Medal
Order of the Patriotic War
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Wound stripe

Connected to Ekaterina 6

Princess Hélène of OrléansAlso won Florence Nightingale MedalAlexander KuznetsovAlso won Wound stripeVladimir SudetsAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Belgrade"Matvey ShaposhnikovAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"Yury DrozdovAlso won Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Anatoly TorkunovAlso won Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

About this person

Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina was a combat medic of the Soviet Marines during World War II. During the war, she carried hundreds of wounded men to safety, and was seriously wounded herself three times. She was denied higher awards at the end of the war due to the Soviet Union's unequal treatment of women soldiers. In May 1990, President Mikhail Gorbachev awarded her the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Dates
Lived 1925 to 2019 · aged 93
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