Mariya Semenovna Polivanova ( October 24, 1922 - August 14, 1942 ) - sniper of the 528th rifle regiment of the 130th rifle division of the 1st shock army of the North-Western Front , Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | October 24, 1922 | |||
| Place of Birth | Naryshkino village, Tula province ; now Aleksinsky district , Tula region | |||
| Date of death | August 14, 1942 (19 years old) | |||
| A place of death | Sutoki village, Parfinsky district of Novgorod region , USSR | |||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Type of army | infantry | |||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1942 | |||
| Rank | soldier  | |||
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| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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| Communications | fighting friend Natalya Kovshova | |||
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Biography
Maria Semyonovna Polivanova was born in the village of Naryshkino, now in the Alexinsky district of the Tula region, into a working-class family. Russian .
Secondary education. She worked at the Orgaviaprom Research Institute (now the National Institute of Aviation Technologies , NIAT) in Moscow.
With the beginning of World War II, she entered sniper courses. Since October 1941, as part of the 3rd Moscow Communist Division, participated in the battle of Moscow . Since January 1942, in the 528th Infantry Regiment ( 130th Infantry Division , 1st Attack Army , North-Western Front ). During the service, she destroyed several dozen enemy soldiers and officers, taught sniper art to fighters of a sniper platoon.
On August 14, 1942, near the village of Sutoki, Parfinsky District, Novgorod Region, together with her friend Natalya Kovshova she fought with the enemy. The battle was fought to the last bullet. With the last grenades, the girls blew themselves up together with the enemy soldiers surrounding them [1] .
She was buried in the village of Korovitchino, Starorussky District, Novgorod Region [2] .
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on February 14, 1943 [3] .
Rewards and title
- Hero of the Soviet Union (02.14.1943) [3] ;
- Order of Lenin (02.14.1943);
- Order of the Red Star (08.13.1942) [4] .
Memory
- Forever enrolled in the lists of the military unit.
- Streets in Moscow , Aleksin , Surgut , Staraya Russa , Marevo , Zaluchye and Sevastopol carry the name of the Heroine.
The sculpture "For the Motherland". Dedicated to the feat of N. Kovshova and M. Polivanova. Sculptor: E. M. Blinova. USSR, 1970s. Lenin-Snegiryov Military History Museum
Snipers Maria Polivanova and Natalya Kovshova on the stamp ( USSR Post , 1944 )
Notes
- ↑ Information in the electronic document bank of the OBD “Memorial” ..
- ↑ Information in the electronic document bank of the OBD “Memorial” ..
- ↑ 1 2 Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682525/793756 , d. 4/38 , l. 9, 18-20 ) ..
- ↑ Award documents in the electronic document bank “ Feat of the People ” ( TsAMO archive materials, f. 33 , op. 682524 , d. 149 , l. 5, 244-246 ) ..
Literature
- Polivanova Maria Semenovna // Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - S. 292. - 863 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Glukhovsky S. Always Together // Heroes: Essays on Women - Heroes of the Soviet Union / ed. L. F. Toropov; foreword E. Kononenko . - Vol. 1. - M .: Politizdat , 1969 .-- 447 p.
Links
- Polivanova, Maria Semyonovna . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Maria Semenovna Polivanova .
- Chronicle of the great war - Polivanova Maria Semenovna .