Antonina Petrova

Antonina Vasilievna Petrova
Антонина Васильевна Петрова
Born14 March 1915
Streshevo, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died4 November 1941 (aged 26)
Mshinskaya, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin

Antonina Petrova (Russian: Антонина Петрова; 14 March 1915 – 4 November 1941) was a Soviet partisan and medic. She was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 8 April 1942 for killing herself to avoid being captured and interrogated by the Germans after running out of ammunition.

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