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Lydia Litvyak

1921 - 1943

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Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (Russian: Лидия Владимировна Литвяк; 18 August 1921 – 1 August 1943), also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from thirteen to fourteen solo victories and four to five shared kills in her 66 combat sorties. In about two years of operations, she was the first female fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first of two female fighter pilots who have earned the title of fighter ace and the holder of the record for the greatest number of kills by a female fighter pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lydia Litvyak has received more than 624,549 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Lydia Litvyak is the 4,569th most popular politician (down from 3,050th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Russia (down from 304th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Russian Politician.

Lydia Litvyak was a Russian fighter pilot who was killed in combat in 1943. She was the first female fighter pilot in the world to shoot down an enemy aircraft, and she was the only woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lydia Litvyak ranks 4,569 out of 19,576. Before her are Li Qiang, Al-Mu'tadid, Sancho II of Pamplona, Gunderic, Marius Jacob, and Andrej Babiš. After her are Carl Bildt, Emperor Shōmu, Emperor Wu of Song, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Antiochus X Eusebes, and Alyattes of Lydia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Lydia Litvyak ranks 75. Before her are Karel Appel, Amin al-Hafiz, Françoise Gilot, Thomas Schelling, Jack Steinberger, and Robert Bruce Merrifield. After her are Paul Schäfer, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Chris Marker, Yuri Nikulin, Murray Bookchin, and Peter Benenson. Among people deceased in 1943, Lydia Litvyak ranks 36. Before her are Hans Scholl, Franz Oppenheimer, Mordechai Anielewicz, André Antoine, Oskar Schlemmer, and Viktor Lutze. After her are Luz Long, Nicholas J. Spykman, Pavel Milyukov, Otto Jespersen, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and Jane Avril.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lydia Litvyak ranks 438 out of 3,761. Before her are Naum Gabo (1890), Andre Geim (1958), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), and P. D. Ouspensky (1878). After her are Andrei Platonov (1899), Mehmed I Giray (1465), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), Dmitry Utkin (1970), Salawat Yulayev (1754), and Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Lydia Litvyak ranks 128. Before her are Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Pyotr Krasnov (1869), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Igor Smirnov (1941), Yury Luzhkov (1936), and Princess Louise of Prussia (1808). After her are Mehmed I Giray (1465), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), False Dmitry II (1600), Patriarch Filaret of Moscow (1553), Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), and Nikolay Bobrikov (1839).

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