1st Separate Women's Volunteer Rifle Brigade

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The 1st Separate Women's Volunteer Rifle Brigade was an independent brigade of the Soviet Union military created from the order of the State Defense Committee Resolution No GFCS-2470SS in 1942. Originally part of the Red Army, the unit was transferred to the NKVD in 1943 after the arrest of its deputy combat commander, Major Vera Krylova. In 1944 the brigade was disbanded. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Постановление Государственный Комитет Обороны СССР № ГОКО-2470сc" [State Defense Committee Resolution No GOKO-2470ss] (in Russian). 1942-11-03. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  2. Zhirnov, Yevgeny. "«Девушку преследовали дурные товарищи» Как в РККА появились женские пехотные части". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  3. Petrakova, Viktoriya Igorevna. "ЖЕНСКИЕ СТРЕЛКОВЫЕ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ В СССР В ГОДЫ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ (1941-1945)" (PDF). hist.msu.ru (in Russian).
  4. ФАЛЛЕР, О.В.; МАЛЬЦЕВА, О.Л. "Я НИКОГДА НЕ ВИДЕЛ БОЙЦОВ БОЛЕЕ ДИСЦИПЛИНИРОВАННЫХ, ПРИЛЕЖНЫХ И САМООТВЕРЖЕННЫХ…" (PDF) (in Russian).