(26. 11. 1920 - 14. 8. 1942)
By Natalia ovshova Venediktovna - 528 Sniper Rifle Regiment (130 th Infantry Division, 1-Shock Army, the North-Western Front) series. Born November 26, 1920 in Ufa. Russian. In 1940 she graduated from high school in Moscow. Joined the Orgaviaprom Б?? Б??, and in June 1941, preparing for exams at the Moscow Aviation Institute. When the Great Patriotic War began graduate courses snipers.
Since October 1941 as part of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Moscow Communist People's Volunteers participated in the defense of Moscow. In January 1942 fighting in the North-Western Front. 528 Sniper Rifle Regiment, a candidate member of the CPSU (b) ordinary Kovshova NV. bravely fought against the fascist invaders, trained sniper case the newly arrived women. On a personal account of sniper Screener 167 slaughtered its Nazi soldiers and officers.
August 14, 1942 near the village of Days Novgorod region with sniper MS Polivanovoy fought to the last bullet. Then last grenade blew himself up with the Nazis surrounded them.
. W tion of Hero of the Soviet Union Natalya Venediktovna Screener conferred posthumously on Feb. 14, 1943 (together with MS Polivanovoy).
. Kovshova awarded the Order of Lenin, the Red Star
. She was buried in the village Korovitchino Starorusskoe Area. Eternally entered in the lists of the military unit. It is named after a ship, the streets in Moscow and Ufa.
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Biography provided by AE Melnikov
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