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{{short description|Hero of the Soviet Union}}
{{for|the speed skater|Galina Petrova-Blinkova}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Galina Konstantinovna Petrova
| name = Galina Konstantinovna Petrova
| native_name = Галина Константиновна Петрова
| native_name = Галина Костянтинівна Петрова
| image = Галина Константиновна Петрова.jpg
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Galina Petrova.jpg
| alt = Photograph of Galina Petrova
| alt = Photograph of Galina Petrova
| birth_date = 9 September 1920
| birth_date = 9 September 1920
| birth_place = [[Mykolaiv|Nikolaev]], Ukraine, USSR
| birth_place = [[Mykolaiv]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date = 4 December 1943 (aged 23)
| death_date = 4 December 1943 (aged 23)
| death_place = [[Eltigen]], [[Crimea]]
| death_place = [[Kerch|Eltigen]], [[Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Crimean ASSR]], Soviet Union
| allegiance = {{USSR|Soviet Union}}
| allegiance = {{USSR|Soviet Union}}
| branch = [[File:Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union.svg|23px]] [[Soviet Navy]]
| branch = {{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of the Soviet Union.svg}} [[Soviet Navy]]
| serviceyears = 1942–1943
| serviceyears = 1942–1943
| rank = [[Glavny starshina]]
| rank = [[Glavny starshina]]
| unit = 386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion
| unit = 386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion
| battles = [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front of World War II]]{{KIA}}
| battles =
{{tree list}}
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| awards = {{Hero of the Soviet Union}} {{Order of Lenin (medallion)}}
* [[World War II]]
** [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]]{{KIA}}
{{tree list/end}}
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| awards = [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]
}}
}}


'''Galina Petrova''' ({{Lang-ru|Галина Петрова}}) was a [[Glavny starshina|Chief Petty Officer]] in the medical service of the 386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She died in a bombing on 4 December 1943 less than a month after she was awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] and an [[Order of Lenin]] on 17 November 1943 for her bravery in the [[Kerch–Eltigen Operation|Kerch-Eltigen operation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://podvignaroda.ru/?#id=150560994&tab=navDetailDocument|title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета|last=|first=|date=17 November 1943|website=podvignaroda.ru|trans-title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>
'''Galina Petrova''' ({{Langx|uk|Галина Петрова}}, {{Langx|ru|Галина Петрова}}; 9 September 1920 – 4 December 1943) was a medic and [[Glavny starshina|Chief Petty Officer]] in the 386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion of the [[Black Sea Fleet]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. She died during a bombing attack on 4 December 1943 less than a month after she was awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Order of Lenin]] on 17 November 1943 for her bravery in the [[Kerch–Eltigen Operation|Kerch-Eltigen operation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://podvignaroda.ru/?#id=150560994&tab=navDetailDocument|title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета|date=17 November 1943|website=podvignaroda.ru|trans-title=Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Petrova was born on 9 September 1920 to a Russian family in [[Mykolaiv|Nikolaev]], Ukraine in the Soviet Union. In 1940 after she graduated from secondary school with honors she entered the Forestry Department of the Novocherkassk Engineering Institute in Rostov. After the [[Operation Barbarossa|German invasion of the Soviet Union]] she entered nursing courses in Krasnodar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1610|title=Петрова Галина Константиновна|last=Ufarkin|first=Nikolai|date=|website=www.warheroes.ru|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>
Petrova was born on 9 September 1920 to a Russian family in [[Mykolaiv]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] in the [[Soviet Union]]. In 1940 after she graduated from secondary school with honors she entered the Forestry Department of the Novocherkassk Engineering Institute in [[Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast|Rostov]]. After the [[Operation Barbarossa|German invasion of the Soviet Union]] she entered nursing courses in [[Krasnodar]].<ref name="Ufarkin 2018">{{Cite web|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1610|title=Петрова Галина Константиновна|last=Ufarkin|first=Nikolai|website=www.warheroes.ru|access-date=2018-03-24}}</ref>


== Military career ==
== Military career ==
After graduating nursing courses Petrova entered the Soviet Navy as a nurse in 1942. She was present in the Kerch-Eltigen operation in 1943 with the rest of the Black Sea Fleet. On the night of 1 November she carried over twenty wounded soldiers from the battlefield in the night under the cover of darkness, running through a field of barbed wire and mines to reach numerous injured marines. For her bravery in the offensive she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in November by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Less than a month after she received the award she was injured while holding back German soldiers in a series of following counterattacks in Eltigen on 3 December. She was taken to a hospital for her injuries but died the next day when the schoolbuilding used as a hospital was bombed. Her remains were interred in the village of heroes in Crimea.<ref name=":0" />
After graduating nursing courses Petrova entered the [[Soviet Navy]] as a nurse in 1942. She was present in the Kerch-Eltigen operation in 1943 with the rest of the [[Black Sea Fleet]]. On the night of 1 November she carried over twenty wounded soldiers from the battlefield in the night under the cover of darkness, running through a field of barbed wire and mines to reach numerous injured marines. For her bravery in the offensive she was awarded the title [[Hero of the Soviet Union]] in November by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Less than a month after she received the award she was injured while holding back German soldiers in a series of following counterattacks in Eltigen on 3 December. She was taken to a hospital for her injuries but died the next day when the school building used as a hospital was bombed. Her remains were interred in the village of heroes in [[Crimea]].<ref name="Ufarkin 2018" />


== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==
There are memorial plaques dedicated to her memory in Novocherkassk and South Russian State Polytechnic University as well streets named in her honor in [[Sevastopol]], [[Tuapse]], [[Mykolaiv|Nikolaev]], and the village of heroes in Kerch. Monuments in her likeness are present at the forestry institute where she studied and a the medical school in Kerch named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://novocherkassk.net/catalog/memorials/|title=Мемориальные доски в Новочеркасске – Каталог товаров и услуг − Новочеркасск.net|website=novocherkassk.net|language=ru|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niknews.mk.ua/2007/05/09/v-gorode-nikolaeve-otkryta-memorialnaja-doska-geroine-vojny-galine-petrovoj/|title=В городе Николаеве открыта мемориальная доска героине войны Галине Петровой|website=www.niknews.mk.ua|language=ru|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref>
There are memorial plaques dedicated to her memory in Novocherkassk and South Russian State Polytechnic University as well as streets named in her honor in [[Sevastopol]], [[Tuapse]], [[Mykolaiv]], and the village of heroes in [[Kerch]]. Monuments in her likeness are present at the forestry institute where she studied and at the medical school in Kerch named after her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://novocherkassk.net/catalog/memorials/|title=Мемориальные доски в Новочеркасске – Каталог товаров и услуг − Новочеркасск.net|website=novocherkassk.net|language=ru|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niknews.mk.ua/2007/05/09/v-gorode-nikolaeve-otkryta-memorialnaja-doska-geroine-vojny-galine-petrovoj/|title=В городе Николаеве открыта мемориальная доска героине войны Галине Петровой|website=www.niknews.mk.ua|date=9 May 2007 |language=ru|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|World War II|Soviet Union|Military}}
{{Portal|Soviet Union}}
* [[List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union]]
* [[List of female Heroes of the Soviet Union]]
* [[Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina]]
* [[Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina]]
* [[Fedora Pushina]]
* [[Fedora Pushina]]


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[[Category:Soviet nurses]]

Latest revision as of 23:31, 30 October 2024

For the speed skater, see Galina Petrova-Blinkova.
Galina Konstantinovna Petrova
Photograph of Galina Petrova
Native name
Галина Костянтинівна Петрова
Born9 September 1920
Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died4 December 1943 (aged 23)
Eltigen, Crimean ASSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branch Soviet Navy
Years of service1942–1943
RankGlavny starshina
Unit386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion
Battles / wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union

Galina Petrova (Ukrainian: Галина Петрова, Russian: Галина Петрова; 9 September 1920 – 4 December 1943) was a medic and Chief Petty Officer in the 386th Independent Naval Infantry Battalion of the Black Sea Fleet during the Second World War. She died during a bombing attack on 4 December 1943 less than a month after she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin on 17 November 1943 for her bravery in the Kerch-Eltigen operation.[1]

Early life

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Petrova was born on 9 September 1920 to a Russian family in Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. In 1940 after she graduated from secondary school with honors she entered the Forestry Department of the Novocherkassk Engineering Institute in Rostov. After the German invasion of the Soviet Union she entered nursing courses in Krasnodar.[2]

Military career

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After graduating nursing courses Petrova entered the Soviet Navy as a nurse in 1942. She was present in the Kerch-Eltigen operation in 1943 with the rest of the Black Sea Fleet. On the night of 1 November she carried over twenty wounded soldiers from the battlefield in the night under the cover of darkness, running through a field of barbed wire and mines to reach numerous injured marines. For her bravery in the offensive she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in November by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Less than a month after she received the award she was injured while holding back German soldiers in a series of following counterattacks in Eltigen on 3 December. She was taken to a hospital for her injuries but died the next day when the school building used as a hospital was bombed. Her remains were interred in the village of heroes in Crimea.[2]

Recognition

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There are memorial plaques dedicated to her memory in Novocherkassk and South Russian State Polytechnic University as well as streets named in her honor in Sevastopol, Tuapse, Mykolaiv, and the village of heroes in Kerch. Monuments in her likeness are present at the forestry institute where she studied and at the medical school in Kerch named after her.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]. podvignaroda.ru. 17 November 1943. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  2. ^ a b Ufarkin, Nikolai. "Петрова Галина Константиновна". www.warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
  3. ^ "Мемориальные доски в Новочеркасске – Каталог товаров и услуг − Новочеркасск.net". novocherkassk.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  4. ^ "В городе Николаеве открыта мемориальная доска героине войны Галине Петровой". www.niknews.mk.ua (in Russian). 9 May 2007. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
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