Manshuk Mametova

Manshuk Mametova
Native name
Мәншүк Жиенғалиқызы Мәметова
Born23 October 1922
Jiekqūm, Kirghiz ASSR
(located within present-day Bokey Orda District, Kazakhstan)
Died15 October 1943(1943-10-15) (aged 20)
Nevel, Tver Oblast, Russian SFSR
Allegiance Soviet Union
BranchInfantry
Service years1942–1943
RankSenior Sergeant
Unit100th Rifle Brigade
ConflictsSecond World War †
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Manshuk Zhiengalikyzy Mametova (Kazakh: Мәншүк Жиенғалиқызы Мәметова, Mänşük Jienğaliqyzy Mämetova; Russian: Маншук Жиенгалиевна Маметова, romanized: Manshuk Zhiengalievna Mametova; 23 October 1922 – 15 October 1943) was a machine gunner of the 100th Rifle Brigade in the 21st Guards Rifle Division of the 3rd Shock Army on the Kalinin Front during the Second World War. She became the first Kazakh woman to be awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union after the Supreme Soviet posthumously awarded her the title on 1 March 1944.

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