MILITARY PERSONNEL

Mariya Smirnova

1920 - 2002

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Mariya Vasilyevna Smirnova (Russian: Мария Васильевна Смирнова; 31 March 1920 – 10 July 2002) was a squadron commander in the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment (nicknamed the "Night Witches") of the Soviet Air Forces during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariya Smirnova has received more than 47,359 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mariya Smirnova is the 1,875th most popular military personnel, the 2,100th most popular biography from Russia and the 150th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mariya Smirnova ranks 1,875 out of 2,058. Before her are Francis Pegahmagabow, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Lyman Lemnitzer, Don Carlos Buell, Andrew Scott Waugh, and Stanley A. McChrystal. After her are Alexander Patch, William T. Anderson, Eugene Bullard, Oliver Leese, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, and Raymond T. Odierno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mariya Smirnova ranks 355. Before her are Yuri Nagibin, Kenneth McAlpine, Lewis Wilson, Clive Dunn, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, and Jim Siedow. After her are Lamberto Dalla Costa, Zeno Colò, Ella Raines, Laraine Day, Alberto Crespo, and Olha Ilkiv. Among people deceased in 2002, Mariya Smirnova ranks 265. Before her are Walter Winterbottom, Zoran Janković, Mario de las Casas, Mary Brian, Eduard Gufeld, and Yuji Hyakutake. After her are Melih Cevdet Anday, Kaisa Parviainen, Katrin Cartlidge, Willie Davenport, Conny Vandenbos, and John Buscema.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mariya Smirnova ranks 2,100 out of 3,761. Before her are Gennadiy Seleznyov (1947), Jürgen Kurbjuhn (1940), Vladimir Martynov (1946), Maxim Vengerov (1974), Andrei Fayt (1903), and Vera Zvonareva (1984). After her are Pavel Tonkov (1969), Yelena Shushunova (1969), Boris Lisunov (1898), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), Max Taut (1884), and Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Mariya Smirnova ranks 150. Before her are Mikhail Yefremov (1897), Mariya Polivanova (1922), Musa Gareyev (1922), Yevdokiya Bershanskaya (1913), Zhanna Yorkina (1939), and Afanasy Beloborodov (1903). After her are Rufina Gasheva (1921), Oleg Mityaev (1974), Valeriya Gnarovskaya (1923), Isa Munayev (1965), Leonid Khabarov (1947), and Ruslan Gelayev (1964).

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