ZOYA KOSMODEMYANSKAYA: “THERE ARE 170 MILLION OF US. YOU CAN’T OUTWEIGH ALL OF US.”

A young Komsomol member, a partisan who performed a heroic feat during the Great Patriotic War. She became the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Her courage inspired the fighters at the front, and her words became a battle cry for the whole country.

Today we remember not just a heroine – we honor a symbol of the indomitable steadfastness of the Russian spirit.