MILITARY PERSONNEL

Yevdokiya Bershanskaya

1913 - 1982

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Yevdokiya Davidovna Bershanskaya (Russian: Евдокия Давыдовна Бершанская; 6 February 1913, in Dobrovolnoye, Stavropol – 16 September 1982, in Moscow) was the regimental commander of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during World War II and became the only woman ever awarded the Order of Suvorov. Under her command twenty-three aviators in the regiment became Heroes of the Soviet Union for their successful bombing missions against the Axis. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yevdokiya Bershanskaya is the 1,861st most popular military personnel, the 2,035th most popular biography from Russia and the 147th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 1,861 out of 2,058. Before her are Alexandros Othonaios, Hugh S. Johnson, Charles Q. Brown Jr., Ibrahim Traoré, William Alexander Morgan, and Franz Sigel. After her are Maria Wittek, Zhanna Yorkina, Afanasy Beloborodov, A. P. Hill, Harry Crerar, and Michael Mullen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 294. Before her are Marc Davis, Andrzej Mostowski, Douglas Slocombe, Robertson Davies, Andor Földes, and Giorgio Bocchino. After her are Claude Renoir, Walter Winterbottom, Nikolai Stepulov, Ferdinand Kiefler, Helene Madison, and Georges Spénale. Among people deceased in 1982, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 228. Before her are Jovan Miladinović, Elis Wiklund, Rafael Méndez, John Gardner, Tauno Palo, and Eleanor Powell. After her are Max de Terra, Salvador Sánchez, Iryna Vilde, Reta Shaw, Arturo Rodríguez, and Lamberto Dalla Costa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 2,035 out of 3,761. Before her are Yuri Shatunov (1973), Lev Chugaev (1873), Yury Chaika (1951), Elena Guro (1877), Maria Klenova (1898), and Timofey Granovsky (1813). After her are Nikolay Lvov (1753), Vera Glagoleva (1956), Dinara Safina (1986), Pavel Kolchin (1930), Marina Ratner (1938), and Oleg Romantsev (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya ranks 147. Before her are Paul von Plehwe (1850), Arseny Golovko (1906), Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina (1925), Mikhail Yefremov (1897), Mariya Polivanova (1922), and Musa Gareyev (1922). After her are Zhanna Yorkina (1939), Afanasy Beloborodov (1903), Mariya Smirnova (1920), Rufina Gasheva (1921), Oleg Mityaev (1974), and Valeriya Gnarovskaya (1923).

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