Valentina Ivanovna Safronova (Russian: Валентина Ивановна Сафронова; 1918 – 1 May 1943) was a Soviet partisan and intelligence officer who engaged in reconnaissance and sabotage until she was captured and killed by the Gestapo. On 8 May 1965, over twenty years after her death, she was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
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1918 Baksheevo village, Oryol Governorate, Russia
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1 May 1943 (aged 24) Bryansk, Oryol Oblast, Soviet Union
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