In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leontievna and the family name is Bochkareva.
Maria Bochkareva
Born
July 1889 Nikolskoye, Kirillovsky Uyezd, Russian Empire
Died
16 May 1920 (aged 30) Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR
Allegiance
Russian Empire (to 1917) Russian Republic
Unit
25th Tomsk Reserve Battalion
Commands held
Women's Battalion
Battles/wars
World War I
Kerensky Offensive
María Leontievna Bochkareva (July 1889 – 16 May 1920; Russian: Мари́я Лео́нтьевна Бочкарёва, romanized: Maria Leontievna Bochkareva, née Frolkova (Фролко́ва), nicknamed Yashka) was a Russian soldier who fought in World War I and formed the Women's Battalion. She was the first Russian woman to command a military unit.
notable center of the White movement, led by Anatoly Pepelyayev and MariaBochkareva, among others. After the victory of the Red Army in the 1920s, Soviet...
counterpart is Bochkareva, Botchkareva or Bochkaryova. It may refer to Arkady Bochkaryov (1931–1988), Soviet basketball player MariaBochkareva (1889–1920)...
She was also noted for her endurance riding feats. Others included MariaBochkareva, who was decorated three times and promoted to senior NCO rank, while...
Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks would also employ women infantry. MariaBochkareva (Russian: Мария Леонтьевна Бочкарева), née Frolkova, nicknamed Yashka...
woman in France". May 15 – Russian Revolution: Russian White soldier MariaBochkareva is executed in Soviet Russia. May 16 Canonization of Joan of Arc: Over...
Masurian Lakes and a need for increased manpower. One such recruit was MariaBochkareva who served with the 25th Reserve Battalion of the Russian Army. After...
Natalya Vladimirovna Bochkareva (Russian: Ната́лья Влади́мировна Бочкарёва; July 25, 1980) is a Russian stage and film actress and television presenter...
prominent in the Russian Civil War and the Northern Expedition in China MariaBochkareva, founder of the Women's Battalion of Death during World War I Aleksei...
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soldier and nurse (1876–1956) Milunka Savić – Serbian war heroine MariaBochkareva – Russian female soldier and counter revolutionary Leslie Joy Whitehead –...
World War. Actress Mariya Aronova plays the role of real-life heroine MariaBochkareva. Battalion was the biggest winner at the 2015 Golden Eagle Awards,...
driver (1885–1958) Ecaterina Teodoroiu – World War I soldier and nurse MariaBochkareva – Russian female soldier and counter revolutionary Leslie Joy Whitehead –...
driver (1885–1958) Ecaterina Teodoroiu – World War I soldier and nurse MariaBochkareva – Russian female soldier and counter revolutionary Flora Sandes – First...
urgent appeals for aid and assistance being made in the US by Lt.-Col. MariaBochkareva, foundress of the Russian Women's Battalion of Death. Shortly after...
Vladivostok and the US, and crossing the Pacific on the same ship as MariaBochkareva. During and after this journey she wrote a number of articles for The...
Maronite Church and Roman Catholic Cardinal; in Rayfoun (d. 2011) Died: MariaBochkareva, 30, woman soldier for the White Army against the Soviet Red Army and...
footballer Artem Chubarov (1979), professional ice hockey player Natalya Bochkareva (1980), stage and film actress, television presenter Irina Kotikhina (1980)...
however, researchers of the history of the Lvov clan A. P. Lvov and I. A. Bochkareva with reference to the materials of the investigation file from the Central...
Mezhdurechensk Elmira Abdrazakova 18 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 14 Samara Oblast Ekaterina Bochkareva 18 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) 15 Tyumen City Alina Buzolina 19 1.75 m (5 ft...
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Russian Empire (to 1917)