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 dateApril 10, 1921
Birth place
Ukraine , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , Odessa Oblast
Date of deathMarch 08, 1942
Place of death
Soviet Union , Ukraine , Crimea , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , Mekenziya
Resting place
Sevastopol , Ukraine

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Military person

allegianceSoviet Union
award
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner
military operations
World War II
Siege of Odessa (1941)
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)
military branch
Red Army
military unit
25th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
Crimean Front
Separate Coastal Army
service start1941
service end1942

Nina Onilova on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bibliotekar.ru/encGeroi/26.htm