Alexandra Ovchinnikova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet politician
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Place of Birth: Nyurbinsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia
About Alexandra Ovchinnikova
- Alexandra Yakovlevna Ovchinnikova (sometimes translated as Aleksandra) (Russian: ?????????? ????????? ???????????) (1914–2009), a native Yakut, served as President of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- A daughter of illiterate cattle-breeders west of Yakutsk, she became a road engineer.
- She was named president of Yakutia, a largely ceremonial position, in 1963, and served until 1979.
- She was succeeded by Yevdokiya Nikolayevna Gorokhova.
- She died at age 95 in 2009.
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