SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Nadezhda Troyan

1921-10-24 – 2011-09-07

Hero of the Soviet Union Nadezhda Viktorovna TroyanCredit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Nadezhda Viktorovna Troyan (Belarusian: Надзея Віктараўна Траян, Nadzieja Viktaraŭna Trajan; Russian: Надежда Викторовна Троян; 24 October 1921 – 7 September 2011) was a Soviet Russian intelligence officer who also served as a nurse in a partisan unit. She is most known for her role in the assassination of Wilhelm Kube, for which she and her fellow co-conspirators were honored with the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 29 October 1943.

Occupation & Career

partisan, scientist, physician, university teacher, spy

Education

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Hero of the Soviet Union; Order of Lenin; Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Red Star; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Zhukov Medal; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"; Medal "Veteran of Labour"; Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Jubilee medal "60 Years Of Liberation Of The Belarusian Republic From German-Fascist Invaders"; Medal "65 years of liberation of the Republic of Belarus from the Nazi invaders"

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Hero of the Soviet Union · Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee medal "60 Years Of Liberation Of The Belarusian Republic From German-Fascist Invaders" · Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" · Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "65 years of liberation of the Republic of Belarus from the Nazi invaders" · Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" · Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" · Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", 1st class · Medal "Veteran of Labour" · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of Lenin · Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Order of the Red Star · Zhukov Medal