The unit was commanded by Podpolkóvnik (lieutenant colonel) Yevdokia Davidovna Bershanskaya (1913-1982), the only woman to receive the Order of Suvorov.

The most dramatic event of the 20th century took millions of lives. Here are few people that we should be thankful for the great victory.

Commander of the Taman Guards Women's Regiment, Yevdokia Bershanskaya, and navigator, Larissa Rozanova, are pictured together above ...

Meet the Night Witches, the daring female pilots who bombed Nazis by night! The all-female squadron from Russia was made up of some of the most successful bomber pilots of World War Two. They flew ...

Yevdokia Bershanskaya and Larisa Litvinova in front of a Po-2. In the Second World War, about 800,000 women of the Soviet Union took part. Most of them served in hospitals and communications units or ...

Check out iljavenissov's review of "Nochnye lastochki""Night Witches" was a World War II German nickname for the female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th ...

Yevdokia Bershanskaya and Larisa Litvinova in front of a Po-2. These women often flew Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes, flimsy machines made of plywood and fabric. The only substantial metal component was the ...

This compelling historical novel includes actual figures from the regiment, such as commander Yevdokia Bershanskaya, and lots of detail about the handling characteristics of the Po-2 and the Yak-1.