Nina Onilova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nina Onilova

Soviet machine gunner, awarded titles of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1921

Place of Birth: Novomykolaivka, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1942

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nina Andreyevna Onilova (Russian: ???? ????????? ???????, Ukrainian: ???? ????????? ???????; 10 April 1921 – 8 March 1942) was a Soviet machine gunner in the Red Army's 25th Rifle Division who fought the Germans near Odessa and Sevastopol from 1941 to 1942. Awarded the Order of the Red Banner after destroying a German tank, Onilova was mortally wounded in a German attack during the Battle of Sevastopol.
She was posthumously awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin in 1965.