Back Aleksandra Samussenko Catalan Aleksandra Samusenko Spanish Aleksandra Samusenko French Aleksandra Samusenko ID アレクサンドラ・サムセンコ Japanese Aleksandra Samusienko Polish Самусенко, Александра Григорьевна Russian Самусенко Олександра Григорівна Ukrainian
Aleksandra Samusenko | |
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 Aleksandra Samusenko in 1943 | |
| Born | 1922 Chita, Russian SFSR or Zhlobin District, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 3 March 1945 (aged 22–23) Zülzefirz, Province of Pomerania, Nazi Germany (now Poland) |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Service/ |  Red Army |
| Years of service | 1935–1945 |
| Rank | Guards Captain |
| Unit | 1st Guards Tank Army |
| Battles/wars | Winter War World War II (Eastern Front) |
| Awards | Order of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class Order of the Red Star |
Aleksandra Grigoryevna Samusenko (Russian: Александра Григорьевна Самусенко, Ukrainian: Олександра Григорівна Самусенко, Oleksandra Hryhorivna Samusenko; 1922 – 3 March 1945) was a Soviet T-34 tank commander and a liaison officer during World War II.[1] She was the only female tanker in the 1st Guards Tank Army.[1]
Samusenko was awarded the Order of the Red Star for bravery in the Battle of Kursk.[2] She also received the Order of the Patriotic War 1st and 2nd class.
- ^ a b "The Unknown Aleksandra Samusenko" (in Russian). State History. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ Murmantseva, Vera (1974). Советские женщины в Великой Отечественной войне [Soviet women in the Great Patriotic War] (in Russian). Mysl.
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