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Mariya Nesterenko

Female Soviet pilot executed during purge of Soviet Air Forces. Posthumously rehabilitated. (1910–1941)

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Lived 1910–1941, aged 31
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  • Era
    1910–1941
    Aged 31
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Updated 2026-07-10

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.

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