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Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina

1925 - 2019

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Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina (Russian: Екатерина Илларионовна Михайлова-Дёмина; 22 December 1925 – 24 June 2019) was a Russian military doctor who was the only woman to have served in front-line reconnaissance in the Soviet Marines during World War II. During the war she served as a marine medic, carried hundreds of men to safety, and was seriously wounded three times. She was denied higher awards at the end of the war due to the Soviet Union's unequal treatment of women soldiers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina has received more than 41,343 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina is the 1,801st most popular military personnel, the 1,853rd most popular biography from Russia and the 143rd most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 1,801 out of 2,058Before her are Walter Krueger, Franz von Werra, John Moore, John F. Reynolds, Mindarus, and Arseny Golovko. After her are Adasi, Dudley Pound, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Richard S. Ewell, Richard Marcinko, and John Eisenhower.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 361Before her are Hugh O'Brian, Carlo Annovazzi, Toma Caragiu, Olga Aroseva, Irina Arkhipova, and Pasieguito. After her are Borislav Stanković, Mary F. Lyon, Elisabeth Domitien, Alki Zei, John Fiedler, and Tony Benn. Among people deceased in 2019, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 339Before her are Richard Williams, Mary Oliver, Egisto Pandolfini, Inger Berggren, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, and Zlatko Škorić. After her are Verna Bloom, Günter Kunert, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Ilaria Occhini, Raymond Leppard, and Gjermund Eggen.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 1,853 out of 3,761Before her are Olga Aroseva (1925), Alexander Vampilov (1937), Valeri Brainin (1948), Irina Arkhipova (1925), Nestor Kukolnik (1809), and Arseny Golovko (1906). After her are Valentin Afonin (1939), Andrey Lavrov (1962), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Slava Polunin (1950), and Mikhail Popkov (1964).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina ranks 143Before her are Pyotr Gavrilov (1900), Vladimir Tributs (1900), Nadezhda Popova (1921), Sigizmund Levanevsky (1902), Paul von Plehwe (1850), and Arseny Golovko (1906). After her are Mikhail Yefremov (1897), Mariya Polivanova (1922), Musa Gareyev (1922), Yevdokiya Bershanskaya (1913), Zhanna Yorkina (1939), and Afanasy Beloborodov (1903).