Marytė or Marija Melnikaitė (March 18, 1923 – July 13, 1943) was a Soviet partisan and the only Lithuanian woman awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. While her partisan career lasted less than two months, Soviet propaganda exaggerated her duties and accomplishments. Many works, including a film and an opera, were dedicated to her. Several streets in the former Soviet Union (including Tyumen, Minsk, Almaty, Shymkent) are still named after her.
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18 March 1923 Zarasai, Lithuania
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13 July 1943 (aged 20) Kaniukai, Lithuania
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