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Yevdokiya Bershanskaya

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Commander of the "Night Witches" (1913-1982)

Lived 1913 to 1982 · aged 69
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Yevdokiya Davidovna Bershanskaya was the commander of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II and became the only woman ever awarded the Order of Suvorov.

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order of Suvorov, 3rd class
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Order of the Patriotic War
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 "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Honorary citizen of Krasnodar

Connected to Yevdokiya 6

Gennady PadalkaAlso won Honorary citizen of KrasnodarEndel PuuseppAlso won Order of Suvorov, 3rd classNadezhda PopovaAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"Leonid BedaAlso won Order of the Patriotic WarLyudmila BraginaAlso won Honorary citizen of KrasnodarYevgeniya ZhigulenkoAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

About this person

Yevdokiya Davidovna Bershanskaya was the commander of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II and became the only woman ever awarded the Order of Suvorov. Under her command twenty-three aviators in the regiment became Heroes of the Soviet Union for their successful bombing missions against the Axis.

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Lived 1913 to 1982 · aged 69
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