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Amina Okueva

1983 - 2017

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Amina Viktorivna Okueva (born Natalia Viktorivna Nikiforova; 5 June 1983 – 30 October 2017) was a Ukrainian-born doctor of Chechen-Polish descent, Euromaidan activist, convert to Islam, and police lieutenant. During the Euromaidan she worked as a medic in the Kyiv-2 battalion and saw combat in the city of Debaltseve after it was taken over by Russian-aligned rebels in 2015. She was killed in an ambush by unknown attackers on 30 October 2017. Her husband Adam Osmayev, a leader of the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion, was injured in the ambush but survived. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Amina Okueva is the 719th most popular physician, the 1,270th most popular biography from Ukraine and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Physician.

Amina Okueva is most famous for her work as a Ukrainian surgeon and servicewoman, particularly for her involvement in the medical care of wounded soldiers during the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. She is also known for her activism and dedication to the Ukrainian cause.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Amina Okueva ranks 719 out of 726Before her are Bill Frist, Anna Bågenholm, Hinrich Romeike, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and Suniti Solomon. After her are James Heilman, Jonny Kim, Atul Gawande, Ai Fen, Felipe Contepomi, and Rebecca Gomperts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Amina Okueva ranks 773Before her are Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, Giorgia Bronzini, Evelyn Stevens, Stephen Thompson, Guillaume Gouix, and Aaron Peirsol. After her are Valeria Luiselli, Milan Jovanović, Brendan Christian, Diana Bacosi, Tatjana Hüfner, and Alex Acker. Among people deceased in 2017, Amina Okueva ranks 692Before her are Steve Reevis, Steven Holcomb, Cho Jin-ho, Gauri Lankesh, Grant Hart, and Yelena Naimushina. After her are Jérôme Golmard, Ralphie May, John Cygan, Mao Kobayashi, Margit Pörtner, and Germaine Mason.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Amina Okueva ranks 1,270 out of 1,365Before her are Sergei Golubitsky (1969), Vladimir Koman (1989), Stefan Nilsson (null), Alla Cherkasova (1989), Khrystyna Soloviy (1993), and Nadia Meiher (1982). After her are Slava Medvedenko (1979), Oksana Khvostenko (1977), Serhii Sternenko (1995), Oleksandr Abramenko (1988), Alexei Zhitnik (1972), and Oleg Kutscherenko (1968).

Among PHYSICIANS In Ukraine

Among physicians born in Ukraine, Amina Okueva ranks 11Before her are Wilhelm Stekel (1868), Nikolay Gamaleya (1859), Maryna Poroshenko (1962), Łucja Frey (1889), Aleksandr Bogomolets (1881), and Ben Klassen (1918).