In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vasilyevna and the family name is Oktyabrskaya.
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya
Native name
Мария Васильевна Октябрьская
Born
(1905-08-16)16 August 1905 Kiat [ru], Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
15 March 1944(1944-03-15) (aged 38) Smolensk, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Service/branch
Red Army
Years of service
1943–1944
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
26th Guards Tank Brigade (2nd Guards Tank Corps)
Battles/wars
Eastern Front of World War II †
Awards
Hero of the Soviet Union
Spouse(s)
Ilya Oktyabrsky
(m. 1925; died 1941)
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Мария Васильевна Октябрьская; Ukrainian: Марія Василівна Октябрьська (Гарагуля); 16 August 1905 – 15 March 1944) was a Soviet Ukrainian tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. After her husband was killed fighting in 1941, Oktyabrskaya sold her possessions to donate a tank for the war effort, and requested that she be allowed to drive it. She received and was trained to drive and fix a T-34 medium tank, which she named "Fighting Girlfriend" ("Боевая подруга"). Oktyabrskaya proved her ability and bravery in battle, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. After she died of wounds from battle in 1944, she was posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's highest honor for bravery during combat. She was the first female tank driver to be awarded the title.[1]
^Sakaida, Henry (20 April 2012). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781780966922.
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