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Pages in category "Women in the Russian and Soviet military" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Russian feminine given names" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. ... Alla (female name) Alya (name) Alyona; Anastasia ...
[13] Yevdokiya Nosal Евдокия Носаль 46th Guards Night Bomber Regiment: Junior Lieutenant 24 May 1943 *: Killed in action on 23 April 1943 when hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel from anti-aircraft fire.
The Russian military has faced severe personnel shortages after the 2008 Russian military reform, being only "manned" to c. 70% in 2012. [17] In response, the Ministry of Defence mounted an aggressive campaign against draft evasion amongst men to increase coverage levels to 90~95% by 2020, but 'made little apparent effort to enlist women' in ...
Russian military personnel who died by suicide (11 P) V. Veterans' affairs in Russia (1 C, ...
According to the Social Security Administration, some Russian girl names that made the top 1000 baby girl names of 2022 include Anastasia, Nadia, Sasha, and Zoya.
Members of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death with their commander Maria Bochkareva (far right) in 1917.. Women's Battalions (Russia) were all-female combat units formed after the February Revolution by the Russian Provisional Government, in a last-ditch effort to inspire the mass of war-weary soldiers to continue fighting in World War I.
Pennington, Reina. "Offensive Women: Women in Combat in the Red Army in the Second World War" Journal of Military History (2010) 74#3 pp 775–820, with full bibliography; Reese, Roger R. Why Stalin's Soldiers Fought: The Red Army's Military Effectiveness in World War II (2011), ch 11–12 on women in the army. Stoff, Laurie.