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Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya (Russian: Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, IPA:; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Sovietpartisan. She was executed after acts of sabotage against the invading armies of Nazi Germany. After stories emerged of her defiance towards her captors, she was posthumously declared a Hero of the Soviet Union. She became one of the most revered heroines of the Soviet Union.