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Meri Avidzba

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First Abkhaziyan woman pilot (1917-1986)

Lived 1917 to 1986 · aged 69
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Meri Hafizovna Avidzba was a Soviet military pilot and navigator and was the first female aviator from Abkhazia.

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Awards 12

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
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 the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

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About this person

Meri Hafizovna Avidzba was a Soviet military pilot and navigator and was the first female aviator from Abkhazia. She was awarded two medals for her actions in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), where she served as a navigator of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, known by the Germans as the Night Witches. Later in her life, she was elected a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of Abkhazia.

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Lived 1917 to 1986 · aged 69
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