Aliya Moldagulova

Aliya Nurmuhambetqyzy Moldagulova is a Soviet Hero of the Soviet Union recipient.

Moldagulova was born on October 25, 1925 in Bulak, Kazakhstan. She lost her parents during her childhood and was living with her uncle in AlmaAta. By 1935 she moved to Leningrad where her uncle was enrolled into a Militarytransport academy. In fall of 1939 she was sent to the orphanage from which she was evacuated when the war began in 1942 via Ladoga Lake. On Octoberof the same year Moldagulova got a scholarship at Rybinsk Aviatechnical School. After studying there for three months she filed a waiver to join the Red Army. In May 1943 she was enrolled into Central female school where she was trained as a sniper. In July 1943 she joined the 54th shooting brigade with her girlfriends. In January 1944 her brigade ambushed Germans at the NovosokolnikiDno railway. Later on, she realized that the commander is missing, and assumed command. On top of her lungs she shouted For the Native land! Lets go! and the whole battalion jumped into German tranches. Aliya was hit by a land mine blast wh

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