Soviet Nurses - Women, Who Helped Forge Great Victory
Soviet Nurses - Women, Who Helped Forge Great Victory
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WWII took a great toll from the Soviet Union. There was no person among the Soviet people left out of the participation in the way to the Victory. Women faced the daily terrors of war along with men. Today we want to highlight a special role of Soviet nurses.
Soviet doctors and medics walked shoulder to shoulder with Soviet troops from the terrible outbreak of war in 1941 until the victorious spring of 1945.Nurses took the special burden, for it was they who faced the daily horrors of war, providing first aid to the soldiers, carrying them off the battlefield and even shielding them from bullets with their own bodies.The nurses during the war often worked for more than several days without rest, struggling for the life of every soldier.Follow Sputnik Gallery to learn more!
WWII took a great toll on the Soviet Union. There was no person among the Soviet people who was left out of the participation for the path to Victory. Women faced the daily terrors of war along with men, so today we want to highlight the special role of Soviet nurses.
Soviet doctors and medics walked shoulder to shoulder with Soviet troops from the terrible outbreak of war in 1941 until the victorious spring of 1945.
Nurses took the special burden, for it was they who faced the daily horrors of war, providing first aid to the soldiers, carrying them off the battlefield and even shielding them from bullets with their own bodies.
The nurses during the war often worked for more than several days without rest, struggling for the life of every soldier.
Nurse Elena Kovalchuk retrieves a wounded soldier from the battlefield.
Elena Kovalchuk had once been a hairdresser, but when the war started she was shocked by Nazi atrocities and joined the Soviet Army as a nurse. According to some estimates, during her service she saved roughly 800 lives. She died in 1944 near Alytus, Lithuania and was awarded the Order of Lenin – the highest honor in the Soviet Union.
Ekaterina Mikhailova (Demina) - A medical instructor and the only woman to serve in the Marine Corps, who was decorated as a Hero of the Soviet Union. She joined the army at age of 15 (she told everyone she was 18) and served until the Victory over Nazis.
Nurses at a blood transfusion station in Moscow, 1941.
There is no exact data on the number of blood transfusions during the war period, but there is great certainty that this procedure saved countless lives.
The Battle of Berlin is over. Nurses are ready to go home.
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