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Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (died 1904)
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Russian soldier (1882–1904)
Haritina Evstafievna Korotkevich was a Russian soldier who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Volunteering to serve disguised as a man under the pseudonym Khariton Korotkevich, she soon gained a reputation as a fearless leader as a woman in her…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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