Nina Onilova
Military person
Nina Andreyevna Onilova (Russian: Нина Андреевна Онилова, Ukrainian: Ніна Андріївна Онілова; 10 April 1921 - 8 March 1942) was a Soviet machine gunner in the Red Army's 25th Rifle Division who fought the Germans near Odessa and Sevastopol in 1941-1942.Awarded the Order of the Red Banner after destroying German tank, Nina Onilova was mortally wounded in a German attack during the Battle of Sevastopol. She was posthumously awarded the honorary tile of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin in 1965.
Personal facts
Birth date | April 10, 1921 |
Birth place | Ukraine , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Odessa Oblast |
Date of death | March 08, 1942 |
Place of death | Soviet Union , Ukraine , Crimea , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , Mekenziya |
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