A very courageous Russian Army Lady.

[Phil Perry]

Roza Rubanenko, born in 1924, combat medic of the Red Army rifle battalion of the 105th Guards Rifle Regiment, 34th Guards Rifle Enakievo Red Banner Division

From the award list for the Order of Glory 3rd degree:

 

'In the extremely difficult conditions of the battle in the area of the Bug River, Roza Rubanenko carried 20 wounded from the battlefield along with their weapons and

transported them to the other side of the river.

 

In the battles for the village of Strassburg on April 8, 1944, she carried 15 wounded from the battlefield along with their weapons and, being slightly wounded, did not leave the battlefield and continued to provide medical assistance to the wounded, while taking out two officers from the battlefield and assisting four soldiers .

 

In this battle, Roza Rubanenko was seriously wounded for the second time.'

 

Colour by Olga Klimbim

 

 

This brave Lady was not an aviator. ( so sue me )

 

If you read carefully the reports of what she actually did. . .  I found her exploits nothing short of amazing. 

Edited February 9, 2022 by Phil Perry

[kgwilson]

There were many thousands of Russian women in the military. They made excellent Snipers. There were about 1600 of them and the most famous was Rosa Shanina who killed 59 Germans before being killed herself in 1945. She was just 20 years old.

[Old Koreelah]

Lots of blood and suffering has told the world: don’t invade Mother Russia.