Maria Savchenko

Mariya Savchenko
Born
Mariya Kharytonivna Savchenko

27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1913
Tokari village, Lebedinsky Uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died12 May 2005(2005-05-12) (aged 92)
Lebedyn, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour (twice)
Order of Lenin (three)

Mariya Kharytonivna Savchenko (Ukrainian: Марі́я Харито́нівна Са́вченко, Russian: Мари́я Харито́новна Са́вченко; 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1913 — 12 May 2005) was a milkmaid and politician from the Ukrainian SSR who was twice awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour.[1]

She was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[2]

References

  1. ^ Narovlyansky, Aleksandr. "Савченко Мария Харитоновна". warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  2. ^ "Savchenko, Mariia Kharitonovna". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3 ed.). 1979.
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