Manshuk Mametova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manshuk Mametova

Soviet Kazakh machine gunner and Heroine of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Bokey Orda District, West Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1943

Profession: soldier

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Manshuk Zhiengalievna Mametova (Kazakh: ?????? ???????????? ????????, Mänsük Jïengaliqizi Mämetova; Russian: ?????? ???????????? ????????; 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.