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Mariya Kovrigina

Russian physician (1910-1995) · Russia · On the map · Doctors · Died at 84

Maria Dmitrievna Kovrigina was a Russian physician who served as the minister of health between 1953 and 1959 and was the first woman appointed to head a ministry at the All-Union level.

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Awards

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta1949
Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
VDNKh gold medal
Merited Physician of the RSFSR
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
Medal "For Labour Valour"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1995 · aged 84

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