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Marina Raskova
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Founder of three Soviet Russian all-female air regiments (1912-1943)
Key facts
- Born
- Марина Михайловна Малинина , ( 1912-03-28 ) March 28, 1912, Moscow, Russian Empire
- Died
- January 4, 1943 (1943-01-04) (aged 30), Saratov Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Resting place
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis , Moscow
- Occupation
- Navigator
- Known for
- Founding three Soviet female air regiments
- Political party
- Communist Party
- Spouse
- Sergei Raskov ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1929 – 1935 )
- Allegiance
- Soviet Union
- Branch
- Soviet Air Force
- Service years
- 1941–1943
- Awards
- Hero of the Soviet Union , Order of Lenin (2x), Order of the Patriotic War , 1st Class, Medal "For Battle Merit" , Honored Employee of the NKVD
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Saratov Oblast
- Occupation
- navigator
- Educated at
- Moscow Conservatory
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Conflict
- Eastern Front
- Military branch
- Soviet Air Forces
- Image
- Marina Raskova portrait.png
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- date of birth
- 1912-03-15
- date of death
- 1943-01-04
- Commons category
- Marina Raskova
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- allegiance
- Soviet Union
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- end of work period
- 1943-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Marina Mikhaylovna Raskova (Russian: Мари́на Миха́йловна Раско́ва, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə mʲɪˈxajləvnə rɐˈskovə]; née Malinina; 28 March 1912 – 4 January 1943) was the first woman in the Soviet Union to achieve the diploma of professional air navigator. Raskova went from a young woman with aspirations of becoming an opera singer to a military instructor to the Soviet Union's first female navigator. She was the navigator to many record-setting as well as record-breaking flights and the founding and commanding officer of the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment, a women's aviation regiment which was renamed the 125th M.M. Raskova Borisov Guards Dive Bomber Regiment in her honor. Raskova became one of over 800,000 women in the military service, founding three female air regiments, one of which eventually flew over 30,000 sorties in World War II and produced at least 30 Heroes of the Soviet Union.
Early life
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