Nadezhda Durova
Author, Deceased Person
1783 – 1866
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Who was Nadezhda Durova?
Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova, also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who, while disguised as a man, became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. She was the first known female officer in the Russian military. Her memoir, The Cavalry Maiden, is a significant document of its era because few junior officers of the Napoleonic wars published their experiences, and because it is one of the earliest autobiographies in the Russian language.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1783
Kiev - Also known as
- N. A. Durova
- Nationality
- Russia
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 21, 1866
Yelabuga
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on July 23, 2013
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