Smirnow, Zoya (fl. 1914)
Smirnow, Zoya (fl. 1914)
Russian fighter. Born in Moscow, Russia.
During WWI, left school in Moscow with 11other girls and made way to Lemberg, where they dressed as soldiers and joined the Russian army; fought in Galacia and the Carpathians; wounded and sent to hospital, was the only survivor of her group.
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