Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
BornSeptember 13, 1923
Osino-Gay, Tambov Oblast, Soviet Union
DiedNovember 29, 1941(1941-11-29) (aged 18)
Petrishchevo, Moscow Oblast, German-occupied USSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin

Zoya Anatolyevna Kosmodemyanskaya (Russian: Зо́я Анато́льевна Космодемья́нская, IPA: [ˈzojə kəsmədʲɪˈmʲjanskəjə]; September 13, 1923 – November 29, 1941) was a Soviet partisan. She was executed after acts of sabotage against the invading armies of Nazi Germany. After stories emerged of her defiance towards her captors, she was posthumously declared a Hero of the Soviet Union. She became one of the most revered heroines of the Soviet Union.