Valeriya Osipovna Gnarovskaya was a combat medic in the 907th Rifle Regiment who fought on the Stalingrad Front in World War II.
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Valeriya Osipovna Gnarovskaya was a combat medic in the 907th Rifle Regiment who fought on the Stalingrad Front in World War II. On 23 September 1943, when a German tank broke through the Soviet line of defence where she was treating wounded soldiers, she threw herself under the tank with a bag of grenades, killing herself but repulsing the German counterattack. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 3 June 1944.
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Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 1943 · aged 19
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