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Mariya Shcherbachenko

Medic and Heroine of the Soviet Union · Russia · On the map · Lawyers · Lived 1922 to 2016 · aged 94

Mariya Zakharovna Shcherbachenko was a combat medic in the Red Army during World War II, referred to by the Soviets as the Great Patriotic War. She was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 23 October 1943 for being one of the first 13 soldiers to cross the Dnieper.

Mariya Shcherbachenko is read about 8 times a day, in 10 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 25 August 2026

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2016Died23 November 20161999Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd classAward1997Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd classAward1994Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd classAward1985Order of the Patriotic War, 1st classAward1971Florence Nightingale MedalAward1943Hero of the Soviet UnionAwardMedal "For Courage"AwardOrder of LeninAward1922Born14 February 1922

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Awards

Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 3rd class1999
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class1997
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class1994
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class1985
Florence Nightingale Medal1971
Hero of the Soviet Union1943
Order of Lenin1943
Medal "For Courage"1943
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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 "Forty 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 "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Zhukov Medal
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"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kyiv"
Defender of the Motherland Medal
Medal for 70 Years of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2016 · aged 94

The same award as Mariya

Lyudmila KravetsBoth received Medal for 70 Years of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist InvadersBorys Yukhymovych SteklyarBoth received Medal for 70 Years of Liberation of Ukraine from Fascist Invaders

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