Yevgeniya Zhigulenko

Russian film director and aviator (1920–1994)

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Lived 1920–1994, aged 74

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Era
1920–1994
Aged 74
Known for
No Right to Fail
1984

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Updated 2026-07-18

Yevgeniya Andreyevna Zhigulenko was a pilot and navigator in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Order of Lenin
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For Battle Merit"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Red Star
Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
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 "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
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 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"