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	Marina Raskova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marina Mikhailovna Raskova (March 28, 1912–January 4, 1943) was a famous Russian navigator, often referred to as the "Russian Amelia Earhart".
		Raskova became a famous aviator as both a pilot and a navigator for Russia in the 1930s.
		Raskova is credited with using her personal connections with Joseph Stalin to convince the military to form three combat regiments for women.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marina_Raskova (829 words)

	Marina Raskova -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Marina Raskova (March 28, 1912 - January 4, 1943) was a famous Russian navigator, often referred to as the "Russian (First woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937)) Amelia Earhart".
		Raskova became a famous aviator as both a pilot and a navigator for Russia in the (The decade from 1930 to 1939) 1930s.
		Raskova is credited with using her personal connections with (Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)) Joseph Stalin to convince the military to form three combat regiments for women.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/marina_raskova.htm (910 words)

	Russian Life: Marina Raskova & the soviet women aviators of World War II.(Biography)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		January 4 marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Marina Raskova, one of the most venerated and best-loved women aviators of Soviet Russia.
		Largely unknown in the West, Raskova is admired for her achievements in aviation in the same way Amelia Earhart is in the United States.
		Founder of the world's first women's air regiments during the Great Patriotic War (WWII), Raskova rose to the rank of major and became the first woman navigator in the USSR, as well as commanding officer of the 587th Dive Bomber Regiment, which was subsequently renamed the 125th M.M. Raskova Borisov...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:97074072&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (229 words)

	IEEEVM: Marina Raskova
		Raskova’s passion for flying began at an early age and lasted throughout her short life.
		Raskova realized that the plane would crash unless they shed more weight and decided that she should abandon the aircraft.
		Raskova and her female compatriots were awarded the Soviet Gold Star of the Hero for this accomplishment.
	www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/people.php?id=1234767&lid=1 (815 words)

	Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military: Soviet Women Soldiers in World War II: Three Biographical Sketches ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Little Marina went to a regular school and after school hours attended a child centre in which her mother, Anna Spiridonovna, was employed.
		Raskova was proud to have had him as her mentor.
		Raskova also proved successful when, in the absence of Belyakov, she was placed in charge of practical training for senior officers during the summer of 1934.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EXI/is_2000_Fall-Winter/ai_73063465 (1538 words)

	WW II ACE STORIES
		At the age of 19 Marina Raskova was hired by the Zhukovsky Aviation Engineering Academy as a laboratory technician.
		With the official Stavka approval, Marina Raskova eventually formed three women's aviation regiments: the 586 IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment), the 587 BAP (Bomber Aviation Regiment) and the 588 NBAP (Night Bomber Aviation Regiment).
		Marina Raskova did not survive the war, having died in a plane crash.
	www.elknet.pl /acestory/raskov/raskov.htm (2507 words)

	Aeroflot - #3, 2005
		Three Soviet aviatrixes — Valentina Grizodubova, Polina Osipenko and Marina Raskova — took similar paths to their record-breaking cross-country flight from Moscow to the Far East; but many details of the lives of these pioneers have only come to light recently.
		For years, documents about Marina Raskova avoided another fact in her biography: before the war she had worked for the NKVD (predecessor to the KGB) at Lubyanka Square.
		Before landing, Grizodubova ordered Raskova to bail out — the plane’s navigator was seated in the glassed-in nose of the plane, which was the most dangerous place in an emergency landing.
	www.aeroflot.ru /eng/service.asp?ob_no=3880&d_no=3884 (1707 words)

	Marina Raskova and the Soviet Women Pilots of World War II
		Raskova had Stalin's ear because she was the USSR's preeminent woman aviator, holder of many records and the navigator on a record-breaking flight that three Soviet women had conducted in 1938, the longest straight-line distance flight without stopping or refueling.
		Raskova, after setting up and training most of the women, flew in combat herself and was killed, and Beltsova never got to meet her.
		Among their ranks were women like Marina Raskova, the "Soviet Amelia Earhart," a renowned aviator who persuaded Stalin in 1941 to establish the all-women regiments; the daredevil "night witches" who flew ramshackle biplanes on nocturnal bombing missions over German frontlines; and fighter aces like Liliia Litviak, whose twelve "kills" are largely unknown in the West.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/soviet_women_pilots.html (10812 words)

	NZFPM - Soviet Women Combat Pilots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In October 1941 Soviet women pilots were organised into combat regiments by Marina Raskova, a famous Russian aviatrix.
		Raskova, who was later killed in action and buried in the Kremlin wall, called for volunteers for women's air regiments over the Moscow radio.
		Marina Raskova and Yevdokia Bershanskaya had to assess the volunteers, and most wanted to fly fighters.
	www.nzfpm.co.nz /theatres/tow_tbfm.htm (1539 words)

	Marina Raskova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Her influence and the military need for more human resources made it possible for her to be able to persuade Stalin to allow her to organize three regiments of women flyers.
		Already a folk heroine, and a Major in the Soviet Air Force by 1941, Raskova was the logical choice to recruit, interview, and oversee the training of the women aviators, which she did magnificently.
		Being a Hero of the Soviet Union, she gave great inspiration to her trainees and passed her vast aviation experience to this new generation of Soviet female flyers.
	pratt.edu /~rsilva/raskova.htm (150 words)

	NIGHT WITCHES...
		Raskova devised a plan to introduce a proposal for employing female pilots and technicians in combat.
		Raskova was delaying the distribution of the girls among the three regiments awaiting the start of flying training.
		In the autumn 1941 she was admitted to Raskova's group and made her first solo flight on 13 January in the Yak-1.
	www.samolet.co.uk /femalefaces.html (10276 words)

	Night Witches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Marina Raskova was the first woman to pass the Russian navigator exam and become a female pilot.
		They were all rejected, but not enough men signed up so Marina convinced the high commanders to let her recruit and train all female combat units.
		Women were given male uniforms and many men refulsed to fly with women or fly in planes that had been repaired by female mechanics because they believed women were not as skilled or brave as men and they should not be fighting in wars.
	www.southwestern.edu /~klaucka/nightwitchespage.htm (238 words)

	Search Results for marina - Encyclopædia Britannica
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	Women's History Month Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1938 Raskova and two other Soviet women had set a world record for a non-stop direct flight by women when they flew a Soviet-built, twin-engine aircraft named Rodina (homeland) 6,000 kilometers across the expanse of the Soviet Union from Moscow to Komsomolsk-on-Amur in the Far East.
		Myles reports that Raskova, in 1941 a Major in the Soviet Air Force, herself was as nervous about recruiting these young girls as they were about meeting a famous Hero of the Soviet Union.
		Raskova knew she could be sending them to die--a conundrum faced by any military commander.
	www.avstop.com /History/AroundTheWorld/Russia/Nexen.htm (3772 words)

	Review of Reina Pennington. Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat.
		It consisted entirely of women volunteers and was commanded by Marina Raskova.
		Much of the ensuing success of the Soviet women's aviation programme was due to the exhaustive efforts of Marina Raskova.
		She normally succeeded, as with the 24 new Yak 1 aircraft she attained for the 586th regiment and the PE-2s assigned the 587th.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /genocide/reviewsw125.htm (2028 words)

	Russian Life Online
		Raskova, the navigator, bailed out over Siberia in order to lighten the twin-engine craft's load which had been increased by icing.
		Raskova was rescue by a local hunter and all three women returned to a heroes' welcome in Moscow.
		Raskova received the title Hero of the Soviet Union and went on to become a Major and the commander of training for women aviators.
	216.197.126.127 /article.cfm?Number=886 (854 words)

	logan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On September 24th, 1938, Marina Raskova, Polina Osipenko, and Valentina Grizodubova took off in a converted military bomber from Moscow and began their historical 6,450-kilometer flight.
		This is not to say that Raskova was overly disciplinarian, she had a sense of humor too.
		Raskova bantered sternly with this lively young pilot-recruit about the “improvements’ she had made to her uniform, getting some chuckles from the other pilots in line.
	academic.evergreen.edu /curricular/ageofirony/aoizine/logan.html (3640 words)

	MARINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Search the MARINA Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the MARINA Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named MARINA at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/M/MARINA.htm (73 words)

	Valentina Grizodubova (1910-1993), Pioneer Aviatrix
		On October 28, 1937, Valentina Grizodubova (January 18, 1910 - April 28, 1993) flew non-stop with Marina Raskova on an AIR-12 for a world record for women's long distance non-stop flight.
		On September 24-25, 1938, Grizodubova with Marina Raskova and Paulina Ossipenko set another world record with their a non-stop flight of 5,900 km from Moscow to Siberia in an ANT-37.
		On September 24-25, 1938, Grizodubova with Raskova and with Paulina Ossipenko set another world record with their a non-stop flight of 5,900 km from Moscow to Siberia in an ANT-37.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/grizodubova.html (354 words)

	Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Tennessee women to fly round the world 07/04/98
		That's the most important part of the journey for Mitchell and Miles, Nashville women who will be commemorating a non-stop trip three Russian women pilots made from Moscow to the southeastern tip of Siberia in 1938.
		Sixty years ago, Valentina Grizodubova, Paulina Ossipenko and Marina Raskova broke the long-distance world record for female aviators and received the Soviet Union's highest honor, the Gold Star.
		Raskova went on to found the Night Witches, a regiment of women who flew combat planes in World War II.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/070498/fea_124-5140.shtml (422 words)

	Soviet Woman VVS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		(Major) Marina Raskova, a navigator in the VVS (Soviet Air Force), was instrumental in setting a number of long distance records in 1938.
		When was broke out with Germany on 22 June 1941, Marina Raskova used her personal relationship with Ioseph Stalin, and her position on the People's Defence Committee, to ask him to allow the formation of all female combat units.
		This request was at the behest of thousands of requests from Soviet women who wished to engage the enemies of Rodina, Mother Russia.
	wb586iap.r2.ru /soviet_woman_vvs.htm (641 words)

	Russian Life: Marina Raskova & the soviet women aviators of World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Russian Life: Marina Raskova and the soviet women aviators of World War II Home
		Marina Raskova and the soviet women aviators of World War II
		Founder of the world's first women's air regiments during the Great Patriotic War (WWII), Raskova rose to the rank of major and became the first woman navigator in the USSR, as well as commanding officer of the 587th Dive Bomber Regiment, which was subsequently renamed the 125th M.M. Raskova Borisov Guards...
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_go1627/is_200301/ai_n6509674 (214 words)

	Ladies of the Rodina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When their journey finally ended in the Far East, Valentina Grizodubova, Paulina Ossipenko and Marina Raskova had conquered a 6,000 km non-stop flight.
		They were an inspiration around the world then, and today they remain models of determination and bravery to pilots all over the world.
		Russia honored them with the country's highest award, the Gold Star of Hero of the Soviet union, and navigator Marina Raskova went on to form the all-women combat regiments whose members served as bomber and fighter pilots in World War II.
	bridgeofwings.com /rodina.htm (136 words)

	Marina Raskova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		Marina Raskova (March 28, 1912 - January 4, 1943) was a famous Russian navigator, often referred to as the "Russian Amelia Earhart".
		It started service as the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment until it was given the Guards designation in September 2943).
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/marina_raskova (880 words)

	WOMEN IN WORLD HISTORY: MODULE #4
		Places at the presidium were taken by comrades Shcherbakov, Chernousov, Pronin, Shvernik, Marshal of the Soviet Union Budennyi, Nikolaeva, Marina Raskova, Valentina Grizodubova, Polina Osipenko, Zinaida Troitskaia, T. Fedorova, Evdokiia and Mariia Vinogradova, O. Leonova, and others.
		Expressing the thoughts and feelings of the entire hall, speakers referred to the warm sympathy felt by Soviet women for the women of China and Spain, who were heroically fighting for the honor and independence of their homelands against fascist invaders.
		After her speech, Hero of the Soviet Union Marina Raskova proposed to send a letter of greeting to comrade Stalin on behalf of the assembly.
	chnm.gmu.edu /wwh/p/48.html (790 words)

	A Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although each woman’s account is unique, all of them raise similar themes, from duty to challenge, loneliness, courage, and pride.
		Most stress the role of Marina Raskova, the woman who formed the first female regiment and inspired them to join the service.
		Raskova played an essential role in convincing Soviet military authorities to allow women into combat.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/noggle.html (682 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - MotherLand - A sowjet AAR
		One day she would be in such a plane like her her Star : Marina Raskova.
		He was nearlly rammed by the Kriov but instead of saying sorry, the officer of the Krasni Krim has insuled him.
		She was part of the Leningrad Airdefence like her Idol Marina Raskova.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=169289 (1516 words)

	Paulina Denisovna Dudnik Ossipenko (1907-1939), Pioneer Aviatrix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On October 28, 1937, Valentina Grizodubova flew non-stop with Marina Raskova on an AIR-12 for a world record for women's long distance non-stop flight.
		Female crew (P. Osipenko, V. Lomako and M. Raskova) flew route Sevastopol-Kiev-Novgorod-Arkhangelsk for record non-stop flight.
		This was done 2 July 1938, covering 2416km in 10hours33min at average speed 228km/h.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/ossipenko.html (171 words)

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