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Aliya Moldagulova
Aliya Nurmuhametqyzy Moldagulova (Russian: Алия Нурмухамбетовна Молдагулова, Kazakh: Әлия Нұрмұхамедқызы Молдағұлова/Äliia Nūrmūhamedqyzy Moldağūlova; 25 October 1925 – 14 January 1944) was a female Soviet sniper during World War II. After dying of wounds sustained in battle on 14 January 1944, she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for her actions in battle. Childhood Aliya Moldagulova was born on 25 October 1925 in Bulak village (now in the Khobdinsky district of the Aktobe region, Kazakh ASSR). After her mother died when she was eight her father, Nurmukhamet Sarkulov, sent her to be raised by her maternal uncle's Aubakir Moldagulov, who lived in Alma-Ata. It is possible her father was persecuted by the Soviet authorities as a descendant of noblemen. According to Galymzhan Bayderbes (historian studying the life of Soviet veterans of WWII), Marzhan - that was the name of Aliya's mother - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astana Square, Almaty
Astana Square ( kz, Астана Алаңы, ''Astana Alaŋy'') or Old Square is a city square in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is the second largest square in Kazakhstan, after Republic Square. It hosts many public events, concerts, and ceremonies. The square is in front of the Kazakh-British Technical University, the monument of Aliya Moldagulova and Manshuk Mametova, and is on the left side of the Panfilov Street Promenade The square used to be named after Vladimir Lenin and a statue of him stood in the center of the square until 1991. History In 1921, the area was named Red Square. After the demolition of the Imperial-era buildings took place by the Soviet authorities, new government buildings were erected on the square. In 1937, the square was paved with stones for the first time. In 1955, the administrative building of Kazpotrebsoyuz was built on the corner of Panfilov Street. A monument to Soviet statesman Vladimir Lenin was erected on October Revolution Day on 7 November 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobda District
Kobda ( kk, Қобда ауданы, ) is a district of Aktobe Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the aul An aul (; ce, oil; russian: аул) is a type of fortified village or town found throughout the Caucasus mountains and Central Asia. The word itself is of Turkic origin and simply means ''village'' in many Turkic languages. Auyl ( kk, Ауы ... of Kobda. Population: References Districts of Kazakhstan Aktobe Region {{Aktobe-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Commissariat Of Defense Of The Soviet Union
The People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union () was the highest military department of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946. History In the 1920–1930s, the highest military authority of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic/Soviet Union was called the People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs. On June 20, 1934, the People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union was transformed into the All-Union People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union. On December 30, 1937, the People's Commissariat of the Navy of the Soviet Union was allocated from it. On February 1, 1944, in connection with the adoption of the Law of the Soviet Union on the creation of military formations of the Union republics, the People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union was transformed from the All–Union People's Commissariat into the Union–Republican. The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic has created its own People's Commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatyana Kostyrina
Tatyana Ignatovna Kostyrina (; 18 July 1924 – 22 November 1943) was a sniper in the Red Army during World War II and one of the top women snipers in history. After her death in combat she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 16 May 1944. Early life Kostyrina was born on 18 July 1924 to a Russian peasant family on a farm in Krasnodar. After her family moved to Kropotkin city in 1932, she went on to complete her seventh grade of school in 1939 and get a job at a canteen in a railway depot before the war. World War II After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Kostyrina attended sharpshooting training under Osoaviakhim The Society for the Assistance of Defense, Aircraft and Chemical Construction (russian: Общество содействия обороне, авиационному и химическому строительству, romanized as ''Obshches ... in hopes of being accepted into the Red Army. When German forces advanced towards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Pavlichenko
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko, (russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Павличе́нко; uk, Людмила Михайлівна Павличенко (romanized: Lyudmyla Mykhailivna Pavlychenko), ; 10 October 1974) was a Soviet sniper in the Red Army during World War II. She claimed to have killed 309 soldiers. However, many feats attributed to her have been called into question by various historians analyzing her contradictory claims and timeline of events. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odessa and the siege of Sevastopol, during the early stages of the fighting on the Eastern Front. After she was injured in battle by a mortar shell, she was evacuated to Moscow. After she recovered from her injuries, she trained other Red Army snipers and was a public spokeswoman for the Red Army. In 1942, she toured the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. After the war ended in 1945, she was reassigned as a senior researcher for the Soviet Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Female Heroes Of The Soviet Union
This is a list of female Heroes of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...; of the 12,777 people awarded the title, 95 were women, 49 of whom were posthumous recipients of the title. Recipients Soviet military personnel Soviet partisans Soviet cosmonauts Foreign military personnel Notes References * Cottam, Kazimiera J. ''Women in War and Resistance: Selected Biographies of Soviet Women Soldiers''. Newburyport, Mass.: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company, 1998. . {{HSU lists Heroes of the Soviet Union lists Lists of Soviet women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khiuaz Dospanova
Khiuaz Qayrkyzy Dospanova (russian: Хиуаз Каировна Доспанова, kk, Хиуаз Қайырқызы Доспанова; 15 May 1922 – 20 May 2008) was a Kazakh pilot and navigator who served during World War II in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, nicknamed the "Night Witches." In addition to being the first Kazakh woman officer in the Soviet Air Force, she was the only Kazakh woman to serve in the "Night Witches". Despite sustaining multiple fractures in her legs in a ground collision in 1943, she returned to active duty and continued to participate in sorties against doctor's recommendations; she was eventually awarded the title Hero of Kazakhstan in 2004 for her perseverance. Early life Born in Atyrau, present-day Kazakhstan, from her early childhood she dreamed of becoming a pilot. After completing secondary school she became certified as a reserve pilot. When World War II started she applied to the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy in Moscow, but her appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrey Simonov
Andrey Anatolevich Simonov (russian: Андрей Анатольевич Симонов; born 30 July 1971) is a Russian aviation historian. In addition to contributing to Russian Wikipedia on the subject, he has written several books and encyclopedias about Soviet aviation in World War II and the development of the aviation in the USSR. He was one of the few members of the Russian delegation invited to the premiere of the movie ''Haytarma'', a film about twice Hero of the Soviet Union Amet-khan Sultan Amet-khan Sultan ( Crimean Tatar: Amet-Han Sultan, Амет-Хан Султан, احمدخان سلطان; Russian: Амет-Хан Султан; 20 October 1920 – 1 February 1971) was a highly decorated Crimean Tatar flying ace in the Soviet ..., who chose to attend. Books (partial list) * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Simonov, Andrey 1971 births Russian Wikimedians Russian military historians Russian encyclopedists Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sakaida
Henry Sakaida (October 1951 28 August 2018) was an American writer who authored a number of books relating to World War II. He was a third-generation Japanese-American are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asia .... Although born in Santa Monica, California in October 1951, he lived in Japan from the age of 3 to 5, before returning to the U.S. In addition, Sakaida attended Rosemead High School and was in class of 1970. Notable works * Winged Samurai: Saburo Sakai and the Zero Fighter Pilots (1985) * Pacific Air Combats WWII – Voices From The Past (1993) * Siege of Rabaul (1996) * Imperial Japanese Navy Aces (1997) * Japanese Army Air Force Aces (1997) * B-29 Hunters of the JAAF (with Koji Takaki)(2001) * Aces of the Rising Sun 1937–1945 (2002) * Genda's Blade: Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novosokolnichesky District
Novosokolnichesky District (russian: Новосо́кольнический райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #833-oz and municipalLaw #420-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast, twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Loknyansky District in the north, Velikoluksky District in the east, Nevelsky District, Pskov Oblast, Nevelsky District in the south, Pustoshkinsky District in the west, and with Bezhanitsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, town of Novosokolniki. Population: 19,389 (Russian Census (2002), 2002 Census); The population of Novosokolniki accounts for 54.9% of the district's total population. Geography Novosokolnichesky District is located in the Bezhanitsy Hills, a hilly plateau of glacial origin, and the area of the district is divided between the drainage basins of the Neva River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheremetev
The House of Sheremetev (russian: Шереме́тевы) was one of the wealthiest and most influential noble families in Russia descending from Feodor Koshka who was of Old Prussian origin. History The family held many high commanding ranks in the Russian military, governorships and eventually the rank of Count of the Russian Empire. Notable members * Yelena Sheremeteva, third wife of Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich (1554–1581), son of Ivan the Terrible. *Fedor Sheremetev (1570–1650) cousin of Tsar Michael I and head of government in 1613–18 and 1642–46 *Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev (1622–1682) fought in Ukraine * Count Boris Sheremetev (1652–1719) military leader and diplomat during the Great Northern War * Count Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev (1713—1788) son of Boris; courtier and noted patron of Russian theater * Princess Natalia Borisovna Dolgorukova, daughter of Boris and wife of Prince Ivan Dolgorukov * Count Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev (1751–1809) son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow University For The Humanities
Moscow University for the Humanities (russian: Московский гуманитарный университет - МосГУ) is an accredited privately operated institution for higher education located in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the International Association of Universities. The university has six faculties. It serves more than 5,000 students at a time. The institution traces its history back to the Central Komsomol School, created by the Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ... in 1944. It became the Higher Komsomol School in 1969. In 1990, it became the "Institute of Youth", and in September 1991, shortly before the end of the Soviet Union, it became an independent private school. In 2000, it was given the status of "academy" and renam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
