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Maria Leontievna Bochkareva (1889–1920) (Russian: Мари́я Лео́нтьевна Бочкарёва, translit. Maria Leontievna Bochkaryova, born Frolkova (Фролко́ва), nicknamed Yashka) was a Russian soldier who fought in World War I and formed the Women's Battalion of Death. She was the first Russian woman to command a military unit. Tragically, she was executed by the Cheka against Lenin's orders in 1920. Yashka is her autobiography -
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