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Maria Bochkareva
Russian Army 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death
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Maria Bochkareva was the leader of the Russian Battalion of Death, a woman-only group of 300 soldiers who fought on the Russian Western Front. Bochkareva herself had obtained Tsar Nicholas II's special permission to join the army, and earned three medals of distinction for bravery under fire. She led the Battalion of Death in one major battle, but was wounded, effectively ending her military career. After the Revolution, she narrowly escaped execution and fled to the U.S. but she decided not to stay away, and was recaptured when she went back to Russia. She was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1920.
