MILITARY PERSONNEL

Mariya Oktyabrskaya

1905 - 1944

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Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Мария Васильевна Октябрьская; 16 August 1905 – 15 March 1944) was a Soviet tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. After her husband was killed fighting in 1941, Oktyabrskaya sold her possessions to donate a tank for the war effort, and requested that she be allowed to drive it. She received and was trained to drive and fix a T-34 medium tank, which she named "Fighting Girlfriend" ("Боевая подруга"). Oktyabrskaya proved her ability and bravery in battle, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariya Oktyabrskaya has received more than 928,960 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mariya Oktyabrskaya is the 1,387th most popular military personnel (up from 1,444th in 2019).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mariya Oktyabrskaya ranks 1,387 out of 2,058. Before her are Georg von Derfflinger, Cândido Rondon, Magnia Urbica, Hossein Salami, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, and Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov. After her are Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Gyula Cseszneky, Erich Bey, Eino Rahja, Issa Pliyev, and Stanislav Galić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Mariya Oktyabrskaya ranks 162. Before her are Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, Oleksandr Korniychuk, Osvaldo Pugliese, Ferenc Farkas, Raúl Leoni, and Gaston Eyskens. After her are Eugen Sänger, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Robert Stevenson, Manès Sperber, Seni Pramoj, and Alexandre Villaplane. Among people deceased in 1944, Mariya Oktyabrskaya ranks 190. Before her are René Daumal, Sára Salkaházi, Stefan Rowecki, Leone Ginzburg, Georges Mandel, and Prince Gustav of Denmark. After her are Lubor Niederle, Mehdi Huseynzade, Inigo Campioni, Shōji Nishimura, Alexandre Villaplane, and Zinaida Portnova.

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