Vera Kashcheyeva
(1922-1975)
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Vera Kashcheyeva (Russian: Вера Кащеева) was a Senior Lieutenant in the 120th Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army on the 3rd Belorussian Front during World War II. On 22 February 1944 she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for fulfilling her reconnaissance mission despite serious wounds. Kashcheyeva was the only female in the 120th Rifle Regiment, one of the five Soviet soldiers that survived the Dnieper assault mission, and in 1973 became one of the first women to be awarded the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal.
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15 September 1922 Troitsky District, Altai Krai, Russia
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| Died |
20 May 1975 (aged 52) Apsheronsk, Russia
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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