Yevdokiya Zavaly | |
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Born | Novy Bug, Odesa Governorate, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | 28 May 1924
Died | 5 May 2010 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 85)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Years of service | 1941—1947 |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Order of the Red Banner |
Yevdokiya Nikolaevna Zavaly (Russian: Евдокия Николаевна Завалий, Ukrainian: Євдокія Миколаївна Завалій; 28 May 1924 – 5 May 2010) was the only Soviet female commander of a platoon of marines during the Second World War.[1]