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Nadezhda Popova

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Heroine of the Soviet Union

Lived 1921 to 2013 · aged 91
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Nadezhda Vasilyevna Popova was a squadron commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Regiment during the Second World War who achieved significant domestic publicity after completing 18 bombing sorties in one night with navigator Yekaterina Ryabova.

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Awards 34

1985honorary citizen of Donetsk Oblast
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Honour
Order of Friendship
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Zhukov Medal
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
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"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order for Courage
Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"
Medal for fighting for Berlin
Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR
Order for Courage 3rd Class of Ukraine
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

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Mikhail BotvinnikAlso won Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSRArtem SergeevAlso won Order for CourageHamazasp BabadzhanianAlso won Medal "Brotherhood in Arms"Oleksiy ByelikAlso won Order for Courage 3rd Class of UkraineRyszarda HaninAlso won Medal for fighting for BerlinPavel SyutkinAlso won Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

About this person

Nadezhda Vasilyevna Popova was a squadron commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Regiment during the Second World War who achieved significant domestic publicity after completing 18 bombing sorties in one night with navigator Yekaterina Ryabova. Awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 23 February 1945 for completing 737 sorties, she was featured on the cover of Komsomolskaya Pravda and in many other major Soviet publications during the war.

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Lived 1921 to 2013 · aged 91
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