Mariya Batrakova
1922–1997 (age 75)
Biography
Mariya Stepanova Demidova née Batrakova (Russian: Мария Степановна Батракова; 21 November 1922 – 16 June 1997) was a political instructor in the Red Army during World War II. Wounded many times in the war, she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 for rallying fellow soldiers to make "Not one step back!"