23 October 1922 Jiekqūm, Kirghiz ASSR (located within present-day Bokey Orda District, Kazakhstan)
Died
15 October 1943(1943-10-15) (aged 20) Nevel, Tver Oblast, Russian SFSR
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Infantry
Years of service
1942–1943
Rank
Senior Sergeant
Unit
100th Rifle Brigade
Battles/wars
Second World War †
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Manshuk Zhiengalikyzy Mametova (Kazakh: Мәншүк Жиенғалиқызы Мәметова, Mänşük Jienğaliqyzy Mämetova; Russian: Маншук Жиенгалиевна Маметова; 23 October 1922 – 15 October 1943) was a machine gunner of the 100th Rifle Brigade in the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd Shock Army on the Kalinin Front during the Second World War. She became the first Kazakh woman to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union after the Supreme Soviet posthumously awarded her the title on 1 March 1944.[1][2]
^"Маметова Маншук , Герой Советского Союза (Орден Ленина и медаль "Золотая звезда")". pamyat-naroda.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^Sakaida, Henry (2012). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 38–56. ISBN 9781780966922.
ManshukMametova International Airport (Kazakh: Мәншүк Мәметова атындағы Халықаралық әуежайы, Mänşük Mämetova atındağı Xalıqaralıq äwejayı), also known...
Kazakh-British Technical University, the monument of Aliya Moldagulova and ManshukMametova, and is on the left side of the Panfilov Street Promenade The square...
political officers, tank drivers, and in other parts of the infantry. ManshukMametova was a machine gunner from Kazakhstan and was the first Asian woman...
officers, as well - in small numbers - as machine gunners, tank drivers. ManshukMametova was a machine gunner from Kazakhstan and was the first Asian woman...
gives rise to Sauruksai river, which flows into Left Talgar river. ManshukMametova pass leads to Left Talgar gorge on the "Sunny glade". "Alpingrad ascents"...
Heroes of the Soviet Union Zuleykha Seyidmammadova Aliya Moldagulova ManshukMametova Alexey Maresyev Douglas Bader Казахстанцы в Великой отечественной войне...
the Order of the Red Banner and given the honorary title "Brest". ManshukMametova - machine gunner, first Kazakh woman named Hero of the Soviet Union...
October 1943 he was killed in action fighting in the same battle with ManshukMametova. His final tally of kills is estimated at around 290. After he was...
1965. Soviet Union portal List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union ManshukMametova Danute Staneliene Sakaida, Henry (2012-04-20). Heroines of the Soviet...
was captured and tortured while others say she was killed in battle. ManshukMametova Маншук Маметова 21st Guards Rifle Division Senior Sergeant 1 March...
was honored with the Florence Nightingale medal. She died in 2010. ManshukMametova Aliya Moldagulova Khiuaz Dospanova On͡gtu̇stik Qazaqstan: ėnt͡siklopedii͡a...
Florence Nightingale Medal Murat Maikeyev (born 1959), military figure ManshukMametova (1922–1943), World War II machine gunner, posthumous Hero of the Soviet...
made of granite. The height is 3.8 m. Monument to A. Moldagulova and M. Mametova, Heroes of the Soviet Union (Square in front the KBTU building between...
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