Global InformationValeriya Gnarovskaya information
Valeriya Osipovna Gnarovskaya | |
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| Native name | Валерия Осиповна Гнаровская |
| Born | 18 October 1923 Modolitsy, Petrograd Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 September 1943 (aged 19) Vilniansk Raion, Zaporizhia Oblast, Reichskommissariat Ukraine |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service/ | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1942–1943 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 907th Rifle Regiment |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union |
Valeriya Osipovna Gnarovskaya (Russian: Вале́рия О́сиповна Гнаро́вская; 18 October 1923 – 23 September 1943) was a medic in the 907th Rifle Regiment who fought on the Stalingrad Front in World War II. On 23 September 1943, when a German tank broke through the Soviet line of defence where she was treating wounded soldiers, she threw herself under the tank with a bag of grenades, killing herself but repulsing the German counterattack. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 3 June 1944.[1]
- ^ Sakaida, Henry (2012-04-20). Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781780966922.