Maria Nikiforova Military person

Maria Grigor'evna Nikiforova (Ukrainian: Марія (Маруся) Григорівна Нікіфорова; Russian: Мария Григорьевна Никифорова; 1885–1919), was an anarchist partisan leader. A self-described terrorist from the age of 16, she was known widely by her nickname, Marusya. Through her exploits she became a renowned figure in the anarchist movement of 1918–1919 in Ukraine during Russian Civil War.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Marusya
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1885
Birth place
Ukraine , Zaporizhia
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1919
Place of death
Sevastopol , Ukraine

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Military person

allegiance
* Black Guards (1917-1919)
* French Army (1914-1917)
* Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine (1919)
military operations
Russian Civil War
World War I
Macedonian front
Ukrainian War of Independence
military branch
Zaporizhia
military command
*Black Guard detachments (1917–1918);
*Free Combat Druzhina (1918–1919)
service start1914
service end1919

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External resources

  1. http://libcom.org/history/nikiforova-marussia-18-1919